Road to encounters: stelae, burial practices and cultural hybridisation at Las Capellanías, Spain

Although thousands of prehistoric standing stones have been recorded across Iberia, the lack of associated detailed contextual data allows ongoing debate about their possible functions. Following the chance discovery of a ‘diademated’ stela in 2018, excavations at Las Capellanías (Cañaveral de León, Huelva), in south-west Spain, led to the discovery of two more stelae and facilitated the compilation of vital contextual information. Here, the authors explore the association between these stelae, Bronze and Iron Age burials and an ancient routeway, revealing reuse, temporal persistence, geographical connectivity and cultural hybridisation in the widening networks of prehistoric Iberia.

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Antiquity
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2026-06-30
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https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10369
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Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
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Road to encounters: stelae, burial practices and cultural hybridisation at Las Capellanías, Spain

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Road to encounters: stelae, burial practices and cultural hybridisation at Las Capellanías, Spain

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Abstract

Although thousands of prehistoric standing stones have been recorded across Iberia, the lack of associated detailed contextual data allows ongoing debate about their possible functions. Following the chance discovery of a ‘diademated’ stela in 2018, excavations at Las Capellanías (Cañaveral de León, Huelva), in south-west Spain, led to the discovery of two more stelae and facilitated the compilation of vital contextual information. Here, the authors explore the association between these stelae, Bronze and Iron Age burials and an ancient routeway, revealing reuse, temporal persistence, geographical connectivity and cultural hybridisation in the widening networks of prehistoric Iberia.

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Durham University (GB), ERA Arqueologia (PT), Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Castilla y León (ES), Observatorio de la Inmigración de Tenerife (ES), University of Southampton (GB), Universidad de Huelva (ES), Universidad de Sevilla (ES), University of Gothenburg (SE)
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Road to encounters: stelae, burial practices and cultural hybridisation at Las Capellanías, Spain — Javier Jiménez Ávila, Javier Bermejo Meléndez, et al. · Antiquity (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS