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.本数据集作为2023年7月于格拉纳达大学提交的博士学位论文的核心研究基础，用于探究西班牙格拉纳达戈尔河谷（Gor River Valley）巨石遗址的空间分布模式，该研究由作者卡罗莱纳·卡布雷罗（Carolina Cabrero）主导完成。该巨石遗址群目前保存有151座石棚墓（dolmens），是欧洲规模最大的巨石遗址群之一，其最显著的特征为极高的遗址密度。这一特征无疑凸显了建造这些墓葬的史前晚期社群对领地实施象征性掌控的重要意义。本次公开的地理数据库包含两类：其一为涵盖70项定量与定性变量的数据集，该数据集被用于针对上述151座石棚墓开展的主体博士研究内容；其二为通过梳理基于激光雷达（LiDAR）数据生成的数字地形模型（DTMs）所识别出的共计230处点位，这些点位可能全部或部分对应于地表上几近消失或保存状况不佳的墓葬冢。