A REVIEW OF THE MEGALITHISM IN THE GOR RIVER FROM THE GIS AND THE STATISTIC ANALYSIS. NEW DATA AND NEW QUESTIONS
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The megalithic necropolises of Gor river (Granada, Spain) compose one of the biggest dolmenic aggrupations of Europe. Despite its great entity, a lack of research focused on these groups and the need of real conservation measures can clearly be observed. This paper presents the results of a new documentation work carried out in summer 2019 with a triple aim: to record and document the entirety of the megaliths preserved in the present, to evaluate the conservation status of them and to create a complete and thorough database that will be the base for the study of the monuments from the approach of the Archaeology of Territory. Along this work of documentation 151 conserved dolmens have been registered, from which 5 hadn’t been referenced till the present. In a parallel way, several problems that have influenced the current state of conservation and the disappearance of many monuments have been identified. The georeferenced database by UTM coordinates (ETRS89), main objective of this work, is composed by 65 variables, most of them calculated by GIS algorithms. This has allowed the application of statistical techniques in order to extract and categorize the registered information. A preliminary and descriptive analysis shows several questions that represent a great advance for the knowledge of the megalithism in the valley of the Gor river, pointing out also several lines of research related to the characterization, the detections of constructive patterns or the need of a new proposal for the spatial classification of the dolmens.