Builders of Megaliths: Society, monumentality and environment in 4th millennium cal BC Antequera

Abstract

• Early large-scale monumentality and environmental impact in the 4 th millennium cal BC. • Processes leading to large-scale monumentality at Antequera World Heritage Site. • Population aggregation, agricultural intensification and deforestation recorded. • Structure 94 at Arroyo Saladillo one of the earliest megalithic burials in Iberia. • Bayesian modelling of Late Neolithic and Early Copper Age sites at Antequera plain.