Building Death: Readings on French and Iberian Prehistoric Hypogea

Marie-Élise Porqueddu is a Doctor in Prehistory whose research focuses on the know-how and techniques involved in processing rocks. With a particular interest in rock-cut tombs, she is developing a technical approach to the chaîne opératoire involved in carving out and building these structures. She was a member of the Casa de Velázquez (École des hautes études hispaniques et ibériques) between 2022 and 2024.

Nuria Castañeda is a Doctor in Prehistory, Archaeology, and Heritage. Her research focuses on prehistoric childhood. She specialises in identifying knowledge transmission between generations by studying technical errors and skill levels in lithic production. She is currently a researcher under the Research Talent Attraction programme in the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Rosa Barroso Bermejo is a Lecturer in Prehistory in the History and Philosophy Department at the University of Alcalá, Spain. Her archaeological research focuses on the study of the funerary prehistory of inland Iberia during the fourth and second millennia BC with a special interest on the transition from the Chalcolithic to the Bronze Age.

Primitiva Bueno Ramírez is Professor of Prehistory in the History and Philosophy Department at the University of Alcalá, Spain. She is an archaeologist specialising in Late Prehistory, with a long-standing research focus on Megalithism and Megalithic Art. The initial documentation of hypogean structures in the interior of the Iberian Peninsula, Valle de las Higueras, was achieved through her work.