Deconstructing Mesa de Montes (Cangas do Morrazo, Pontevedra). An Archaeohistorical approach to a Chalcolithic height settlement

Abstract

In this paper we endeavour to study for the first time an assemblage of prehistoric materials from the only systematic archaeological digging done in such a well known and controversial site, which allegedly has a complex chronocultural sequence. Through the review of the partial references published to this day and the study of the materials at our disposal, we shall put forward a new interpretation of Mesa de Montes, setting it in the wider context of the Copper Age in Northwest Iberia.

Keywords

• noroeste de la península ibérica
• mesa de montes
• asentamiento en altura
• calcolítico
• edad del bronce
• medio físico
• cerámica tipo penha