memory, identity, and the engraved stone plaques of neolithic Iberia
Contents illustrated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the late 1800s, archaeologists began discovering engraved stone plaques in Neolithic (3500-2500 BC) graves in southwestern Portugal and Spain. About the size of a palm, usually made of slate, and incised with geometric or, more rarely, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic designs, these plaques ...