Road to encounters: stelae, burial practices and cultural hybridisation at Las Capellanías, Spain
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Although thousands of prehistoric standing stones have been recorded across Iberia, the lack of associated detailed contextual data allows ongoing debate about their possible functions. Following the chance discovery of a ‘diademated’ stela in 2018, excavations at Las Capellanías (Cañaveral de León, Huelva), in south-west Spain, led to the discovery of two more stelae and facilitated the compilation of vital contextual information. Here, the authors explore the association between these stelae, Bronze and Iron Age burials and an ancient routeway, revealing reuse, temporal persistence, geographical connectivity and cultural hybridisation in the widening networks of prehistoric Iberia.
Source: Antiquity
Authors: Timoteo Rivera Jiménez, Marta Díaz-Guardamino, David W. Wheatley, José Antonio Lozano Rodríguez, Raquel Montero Artús, Lucy Shaw Evangelista, José Ruiz Flores, Juan José Lupión Álvarez, Javier Bermejo Meléndez, Javier Jiménez Ávila, Florian Cousseau, Johan Ling, Francisco Sánchez Díaz, Leonardo García Sanjuán
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,550
OpenAlex ID: W7166774403