※　大西洋と地中海を結ぶ知の交差点を、最新の学際研究で読み解く　※

本書は西イベリアに点在する青銅器時代末期から初期鉄器時代にかけてのステラ（岩面碑文・石碑）を、多角的な学術的視点から再検討する研究成果を集成したものです。従来は図像やモチーフの分析が中心でしたが、本書では地形・景観考古学、岩石学、実験考古学、視覚文化研究、さらには考古冶金学や石材加工技術の検証など、幅広い専門分野の知見を統合し、ステラが選ばれた岩石の特性、製作技術、使用された道具、そしてそれらが示す象徴性や社会的背景に迫ります。大西洋世界と地中海世界の知識・技術交流を視野に入れ、初期鉄器時代の文化的接触や技術革新の実態を明らかにする本書は、Araque González や Celestino Pérez らによる最新の国際共同研究の成果として、先史学・考古学の研究者にとって重要な資料となっています。

[対象地域、年代、研究分野]
西イベリア地域（イベリア半島西部）／紀元前1200〜550年頃（青銅器時代末期〜初期鉄器時代）／先史考古学・岩面芸術研究・景観考古学・考古冶金学・技術史研究を対象とし、先史ヨーロッパ研究者・考古学者・岩面芸術研究者・古代技術研究者を対象としています。


Subtitulo : Iconography, technology and the transfer of knowledge between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean

Description:
The western Iberian stelae from the Final Bronze Age and Early Iron Age transition (c. 1200-550 BC) are rock art monuments that superbly represent the complex triangular relationship between culture, technology and communication. This book presents contributions from a multidisciplinary team of researchers and craftspeople to the comprehensive investigation of these monuments within their cultural and chronological contexts. The approaches encompass geo-archaeology, petrology, experimental archaeology, landscape archaeology and visual culture studies. Moreover, the technologies of prehistoric stone working and possible tools used for stelae making are examined by archaeometallurgical analyses, experimental replications, and traceology.

This combined methodology goes beyond the traditional study of the motifs and their compositions on the stelae, seeking to re-evaluate the rock supports and the reasons for their choice, explore the technologies used for their production, and discover the symbolic significance of these stelae for the communities who created them. Eventually, this research considers the perspectives of stonemasonry, bronze and iron met-allurgy, and technology transfer. This has resulted in new insights on the social and cultural implications of the Western Iberian stelae, the emergence of early Iberian iron metallurgy, technology transfer, innovation, and intercultural contacts between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic at the dawn of history.

Sumario:
Editors.- I. Introduction.- Part I. The Iberian stelae of the Final Bronze Age and Early Iron Age: research, iconography and geography.- Part II. Stelae, land and stones: landscape-archaeological and geo-archaeological analyses.- Part III. The making of stelae: tools, metallurgy and experimental replications.- Part IV. Theoretical approaches towards rock art.