Enterramientos, memoria social y paisaje en la alta edad media: propuestas para un análisis de las tumbas excavadas en roca en el centro-oeste de la península Ibérica

Abstract

This paper is a proposal of new ways about the study of graves dug into the rock through the analysis of Central-Western Iberian areas. The integration of tombs as a part of landscape, in which they were important markers linked to the formation of social memory, is the main focus. An strategy for the study of graves, in order to understand them inside the landscape, is carried out and it is used to examine the case of the area of Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca, Spain). As a result, there are some regional level conclu- sions which must be compared with the data of other particular zones.