Las sendas de la memoria. Sentido, espacio y reutilización de las estatuas-menhir en el noroeste de la península ibérica

Abstract

This paper discusses several interpretative proposals that have been published about the appearance, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, of the so called menhir-statues. Initially we review the characterization of these monuments and we analyze the regularity that has led us to consider them as part of the same historic problem. Based on the study of territorial and landscape context we analyze the relationship between the location of the menhir-statues and mobility in the study area. The ultimate goal is to analyze the possible temporary survival of these monuments and to explore the processes of variations of meaning that could have been generated in relation to context changes and socio-cultural dynamics. Palabras clave: Estatua-Menhir; Movilidad; Monumento; Reutilización; Sistemas de Información Geográfi ca.