The Warrior Stelae and the Anthropomorph Stele of Pedra Alta (Castrelo do Val, Galicia)

The aim of this article is to describe a stela discovered in the municipality of Castrelo do Val (Ourense) and realises a first analysis on its iconography, style and chronology. This stele presents a series of carvings with very similar to those found in warrior stelae of the southwest of Iberia, a...

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Published in:Complutum
Main Authors: Santos-Estévez, Manuel, Mañana-Borrazás, Patricia, Amado Rolán, Nieves, Pires, Hugo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Ediciones Complutense 2017
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Online Access:https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CMPL/article/view/58422
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Summary:The aim of this article is to describe a stela discovered in the municipality of Castrelo do Val (Ourense) and realises a first analysis on its iconography, style and chronology. This stele presents a series of carvings with very similar to those found in warrior stelae of the southwest of Iberia, and a series of recesses that confer to the stone an antropomorphic appearance. The paper proposes the existence of three possible subsequent moments of use for this monument; the oldest one with Atlantic rock art, the second one with a warrior stele iconography and the third one when the recesses were made. El propósito de este artículo es describir una estela descubierta en el municipio de Castrelo do Val (Ourense) y realizar un primer análisis sobre su iconografía, estilo y cronología. Esta estela presenta una serie de grabados muy semejantes a los de las estelas de guerrero del sudoeste y unas de escotaduras que confieren a la piedra un aspecto vagamente antropomorfo. Se propone la existencia de tres posibles momentos sucesivos de uso para este monumento; el más antiguo con grabados rupestres atlánticos, el segundo con una iconografía propia de las Estelas de Guerrero y un tercero en el que se realizan las escotaduras.