Megaliths and Graphical Markers in Landscape: New Techniques of Documentation brings together the papers presented at Session 366 of the 29th EAA Annual Meeting, which took place in Belfast (Northern Ireland). In addition, it includes contributions from other researchers who wished to take part in this collective publication, dedicated to the study of megalithism and open-air rock art.
The collected works share a common interest in the application of new methodologies for the analysis and documentation of these monuments, with the aim of deepening our understanding of their role within broader cultural and landscape contexts. Through interdisciplinary approaches, the studies presented here address key questions related to the processes of occupation, transformation and perception of territories during Prehistory. Taken together, the volume offers an up-to-date and critical perspective on the importance of megalithic features and graphic markers in the configuration of prehistoric landscapes, thus contributing to the advancement of archaeological heritage studies and their conservation.
Contributors
Introduction Esther Navajo Samaniego, Alia Vázquez Martínez
The Buraco da Pala Rock-shelter (Passos-Santa Comba Mountain,
Mirandela-Portugal). Scrutinizing Neolithic-Chalcolithic site functions and
purposes Maria Jesus Sanches, Joana Castro Teixeira, Nuno Ramos, Miguel
Almeida
Dialogues between the north and south of the Iberian Peninsula in open-air
decorations associated with megalithic builders Alia Vázquez-Martínez,
Esther Navajo-Samaniego
The dolmen phenomenon in the Southern Levant during the 4th millennium BC:
The case study of Jebel al-Mutawwaq, Jordan Alessandra Caselli
Picking up the pieces: A micro-stratigraphic and trans-disciplinary approach
to the collective tombs of Horta do João da Moura 1 Mónica Corga
Losing the colour: prehistoric painting in northwestern Iberia Fernando
Carrera
Esther Navajo Samaniego obtained her PhD at the University of Alcalá (2025). Her research investigates megalithic landscapes in Southwest Iberia, using new documentation techniques such as LiDAR remote sensing. Her studies have updated and added new entries to the existing database for the study area.
Alia Vázquez Martínez is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Santiago de Compostela and the University of Alcalá. She is a specialist in the application of computer techniques for the documentation and study of rock art in Northwestern Iberia. Her studies allowed her to create some of the most complete rock art databases currently available in Galicia (Spain).
