"The Outstanding Biographies of Prehistoric Monuments in Iron Age, Roman and Medieval Spain." By Leonardo García Sanjuán

https://www.academia.edu/31441038/_The_Outstanding_Biographies_of_Prehistoric_Monuments_in_Iron_Age_Roman_and_Medieval_Spain_?rhid=40781908566&swp=rr-rw-wc-10218373&nav_from=011c2699-8173-48ec-ad19-56416da81dbe Over the last decade, new questions have emerged with regard to the complex temporal patterns often seen in Iberian prehistoric monuments. A number of megalithic chamber tombs, menhirs, stelae or rock-art panels have been found to show that, as it occurs in other European regions, their lives were not restricted to the period of time in which they were built or manufactured, but, on the contrary, they extended well into later (or even much later) prehistoric, protohistoric and subsequent historical periods. In this chapter we discuss a number of examples of such patterns, that include successive physical transformations through the incorporation of new architectural or graphic elements and/or through the reorganization of previously existing ones, the accumulation of mnemonic artefacts, as well as layouts and orientations in special landscape settings. ...