Petrographic study of the tumular cist with carved steles of Reguers de Seró (Artesa de Segre, Lleida, Catalonia)

• Maite Garcia Vallès ^[1] ; Meritxell Aulinas Juncá ^[1] ; Joan B. López Melción ^[2] ; Andreu Moya i Garra ^[2]
  1. [1] Universitat de Barcelona

     Universitat de Barcelona

     Barcelona, España

     
  2. [2] Universitat de Lleida

     Universitat de Lleida

     Lérida, España

     
• Localización: Interdisciplinary studies on ancient stone: proceedings of the IX Association for the Study of Marbles and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA) Conference (Tarragona 2009) / coord. por Anna Gutiérrez García-Moreno, María Pilar Lapuente Mercadal, Isabel Rodà de Llanza, 2012, ISBN 978-84-939033-8-1, págs. 183-189
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The tumular cist of Reguers de Seró is an interesting archaeological site on the knowledge of the peninsular and European megalithic art. The exceptionality of this megalith is the presence of carved steles which provenance is related to a previous Neolithic monument. The petrographic characterization of the steles evidences an acceptable degree of conservation of a massive clast-supported calcarenite. The raw material has been classified as well-cemented carbonated sandstone mainly formed by calcite, quartz, rock fragments, phyllosilicates and iron oxides. The homogeneity of the gravestone samples as well as of the outcropping allows affirming that the source in which the rocks were extracted was the place in which the gravestones were cut and reworked. It can also be hypothesized that this cultural group knew the main properties of the materials of the zone as they selected the most consistent, easy to engrave, and durable material to construct these steles.