The PP4-Montelirio sector of the prehistoric settlement of Valencina de la Concepción (Sevilla): spatial analysis

Abstract

This  paper  provides  a  preliminary  assessment  about  the  spatial  patterns  of  the  PP4-Monteliro  Sector  of  the prehistoric  settlement  of  Valencina  de  la  Concepción  (Seville).  We  have  been able  to  analyse  the  archaeological  record  of  this  zone  quantitative  and  qualitatively  in  spatial  terms. For this purpose, we have made a Geographical Information System to perform the spatial analysis and give new information about Valencina in its spatial organisation, production, trade and social complexity. As a final evaluation, we check that there is a spatial organisation, that funerary practice is not  exclusive  and  that  the  empirical  record,  as  well  as  the  architecture  and  the  localisation  of  the structures, suggest the existence of social complexity.