PIF2024 - MODELANDO ESPACIO MEGALITICO. PALEOAMBIENTE, NAVEGACION Y VISIBILIDAD EN PAISAJES MONUMENTALES PID2023-152882NB-I00

Call for Doctoral Student: 4-Year PhD Position in Megalithic Landscapes and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction We are seeking a highly motivated doctoral student to join the MILESTONE research project, which aims to advance our understanding of megalithic landscapes and the socio-environmental contexts that shaped them. Position Details: • Duration: 4-year contract (Full-time) • Field: Archaeology, Paleoenvironmental Science, Architecture • Start Date: first trimester of 2025 • Location: Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Institute of Heritage Sciences, Spanish Research Council (INCIPIT-CSIC) Project Overview: This project proposes testing the viability of a spatial model for megalithic landscapes. The underlying hypothesis is that megalithic monuments are cultural MILESTONEs, as they evidence the first domestication of space. Through the model of megalithic space, it is proposed that these mounds served as more than just burial sites; imposing and perpetuating socio-cultural structures, shaping societies' relationships with their environment. By studying the spatial organization of megalithic landscapes, we aim to uncover patterns and regularities guiding societies’ thought. Now, a state-of-the-art multiproxy & multicore paleoenvironmental reconstruction is proposed, to study environmental conditions (vegetation, land-use, topographical features) during the Neolithic period accurately. This data will be incorporated in GIS analyses, t