A geographical dataset of the Gor River megalithic landscape

This is the dataset that have served as the basis for the study of the spatial patterns of the megaliths of the Gor River Valley (Granada, Spain) as part of a PhD dissertation presented in July 2023 at the University of Granada and carried out by the author Carolina Cabrero. This complex, of which 151 dolmens are currently preserved, is one of the largest in Europe, standing out fundamentally because of its density. This feature undoubtedly points out the importance of symbolic territorial control searched by Late Prehistoric communities that built these graves. The geographical databases here presented are two: on the one hand, the database made up of up to 70 quantitative and qualitative variables that has been used to carry out the bulk of the doctoral study on the 151 referred dolmens and, on the other hand, the database made up of a total of 230 points identified through the review of DTMs based on LiDAR data and which could correspond totally or partially to burial mounds that have practically disappeared or are poorly preserved on the surface.

本数据集为西班牙格拉纳达省戈尔河谷（Gor River Valley）巨石遗迹（megaliths）空间分布格局研究的核心支撑，该研究为Carolina Cabrero于2023年7月在格拉纳达大学提交的博士学位论文的组成部分。该巨石遗迹群现存151座石棚（dolmens），是欧洲规模最大的巨石遗迹群之一，其显著特征为极高的分布密度。这一特征无疑凸显了建造这些墓葬的史前晚期社群对象征性领地管控的重视程度。本次公开的地理数据库共分为两类：其一为包含多达70项定量与定性变量的数据集，该数据集被用于针对前述151座石棚的博士研究主体工作；其二为总计230个点位的数据集，这些点位通过对基于激光雷达（LiDAR）数据生成的数字地形模型（DTMs）进行复查识别得出，其可全部或部分对应于地表上几乎消失或保存状况极差的封土堆墓葬。