Necrópolis prehistórica de sepulcros excavados en roca en el Cortijo de Alcaide (Antequera, Málaga)
Since its discovery in 1943, the Cortijo de Alcaide necropolis has occupied a prominent place in the prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula. The large number of tombs located there, the good condition of the hypogeums and the relatively good preservation of the archaeological contexts recovered arouse...
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| Sprache: | Spanisch |
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UMA Editorial (Universidad de Málaga)
2025
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| Zusammenfassung: | Since its discovery in 1943, the Cortijo de Alcaide necropolis has occupied a prominent place in the prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula. The large number of tombs located there, the good condition of the hypogeums and the relatively good preservation of the archaeological contexts
recovered aroused the interest of the leading researchers of the time from the outset. Years later, this interest was further heightened when the site, or at least most of its tombs, were excavated using modern methodology
when, in the 1980s, the University of Malaga (UMA) took over the archaeological activities at the site.
This research work, both in its early days and in recent times, has generated a significant amount of archaeological information over almost eighty years. Thus, newspaper reviews, conference papers and numerous scientific articles have been published on this site. All of this also explains why it has been mentioned in various peninsular synthesis publications on megalithism in general and funerary hypogeism in particular.
However, the site lacked a summary that condensed all the information known to date and also incorporated documentation that was still unpublished. In addition, in recent years, the study of funerary hypogeism in the south of the peninsula has undergone significant development.
This contingency has generated a new and more precise research context in which it was essential to relocate the Alcaide site and its possible historical significance. These circumstances have justified our decision to undertake the
task of publishing a monograph such as the one presented here. |
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