Arquitectura funeraria en la Bética: el ejemplo de las capitales conventuales

Abstract

Starting off of the last contributions for the process of funeral monumentalización in Colonia Patricia, which have shown the archaeological wealth of his cementeries, we now undertake a ampler study, from the space and historical point of view, that it has like protagonists to the rest of conventuales capitals of Baetica. Therefore, we will pay attention to the discovery of funeral enclosures, as well as to the rest of monumenta, with its corresponding architectonic and sculptoric decoration, without forgetting to us the valuable information coming from the burial epigraphy. Next, we will overlap the different findings in maps from dispersion with which to undertake a first approach to the chronological and space evolution of these cementeries, glimpsing an authentic funeral topography in which is possible to emphasize the detection of several viae sepulchrales and spaces of use differential. The obtained conclusions will be the departure point to be able to establish comparisons to the use and to conform futures works of investigation.