The Shrines of Gadir (Cadiz, Spain) as References for Navigation. GIS Visibility Analysis

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10498/21840

DOI: 10.1515/opar-2019-0019

ISSN: 2300-6560

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López Sánchez, NataliaAuthority UCA; Niveau De Villedary Mariñas, Ana MaríaAuthority UCA; Gómez González, Juan Ignacio
Date
2019-09
Department
Historia, Geografía y Filosofía
Source
Open Archaeology 2019; 5: 284–308
Abstract
This work analyses the influence of the visibility factor on the configuration of the archaic landscape of the Phoenician city of Gadir (Cadiz, Southern Spain) using the three shrines mentioned by classic sources as a reference. Theoretical or cumulative viewshed analyses are the methods used to investigate the visibility relationships each of the shrines has with the sea and the surrounding territory, as well as with each other. Based on these analyses a series of theoretical interpretations regarding the function of these shrines as references for navigation in Antiquity are established.
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Phoenicians; Temples; Ancient navigation; Visibility Analysis
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