The necropolis of “Monte de Santa Mariña” revisited: Contributions from the aerial LiDAR for the Galician megalithic cartography

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Miguel Carrero-Pazos
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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Benito Vilas Estévez
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
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Emiliana Romaní Fariña
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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Antón Abel Rodríguez Casal
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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Vol 33 (2014), Articles
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15304/gall.33.2256
Submitted: 27-11-2014 Accepted: 27-05-2015 Published: 28-05-2015
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Abstract

Over the last decade, the aerial Lidar has been constituted as one of the most interesting tools for the
archaeological survey, because it allows, among other things, to analyze the field in detail, specially obviating the vegetation. Thus, we propose an example of the possibilities that Lidar technology could provide in the case of Megalithic culture. Furthermore, we have chosen the megalithic necropolis of Monte de Santa Mariña (Lugo, Galicia), which had some thirty-four monuments officially cataloged. Consequently, before starting the archaeological survey we have planned a methodology based on Lidar data. In fact, thanks to the study of different types of visual analysis proposed by some authors, we were able to identify correctly the whole of all the monuments and even find a new one.

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Lidar, Geographic Information Systems, Megalithic culture, Santa Mariña

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