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83 p. -- Bibliogr.: p. 41-44 [EUS] Lan hau burutzeko Gorobel-Salvada mendizerran eta haren azpiko aldean dokumentatuta dauden Neolito, Kalkolito eta Brontze-Aroko ehorzketa aztarnategiak biltzen dira sintesi batean. Horretarako, lehendabizi eskura dagoen bibliografia bildu eta tokiak identifikatu dira. Ondoren joan gara mendizerraren haitz behitiko aztarnategiak ikustera, haietako bakoitzaren deskribapen zehatza eginez; eta aztarnategi guztiak mapa batean kokatu ditugu, horretarako GIS tresna erabiliz. Hirugarrenik, aztarnategietan eskuratutako materialak errebisatu ditugu museotan, euren kronologia erlatiboa zehazteko, lurraldean duten banaketa ulertzeko eta inguruaren irudi osatuago bat egiteko. Horrekin guztiarekin diskusio xume bat eta konklusio batzuk atera nahi izan ditugu, eta hemen aurkezten dira. [EN] To carry out this work, the documented Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age funerary sites of the Sierra Salvada and its sopeña are brought together in a synthesis. To do this, first the existing bibliography has been compiled and the sites have been identified. Afterwards we have gone to see the deposits of the sopeña, making a description of each one, and we have located all the deposits on a map, using the GIS tool for this. Thirdly, we have reviewed the recovered materials in the museums, to define a relative chronology, to understand the distribution of these in the territory and to make a more complete image of the environment. With all this we wanted to compose a brief discussion and draw some conclusions, and here we present them.

The study primarily aims at providing adequate imaging resolution of large and prominent targets of archaeological interest, such as pyramids and tumuli, at all depth levels. We implemented an integrated seismic tomography and georadar (STG) technique to perform high-resolution imaging and characterization of tumuli (burial mounds). We tested the proposed technique on a preserved late Bronze Age burial mound in northern Italy, for which STG succeeded in performing an accurate 3-D reconstruction of the structure and stratigraphy as proved by later archaeological excavations. We completed two transmission seismic tomography measurements, at present ground level and at 1.5 m elevation, with a 24-channel seismograph and 15° angular separation between geophones. The ground-penetrating radar (GPR) dataset encompasses 12 250 MHz radial profiles and 12 common mid point gathers for velocity analysis. Shallow layers of the mound are successfully imaged by GPR, whilst the structure of the deep central part of the tomb is reconstructed from seismic traveltime inversion. In particular, GPR images lenses and layers of sediments forming the external part of the tumulus, evidences of a looting attempt, peripheral structures associated with later exploitation of the mound (furnaces) and, in the external sector of the tumulus, the top of the deep layer of silty sediments covering the funeral chamber. Tomographic results reveal seismic velocity anomalies of potential archaeological interest at ground level, which were successively validated by archaeological excavations. The integration of GPR and tomographic datasets is an effective strategy to overcome the imaging and interpretation problems related to the structure of such peculiar funeral monuments. STG can be applied to a virtually unlimited dimensional range and requires a limited data acquisition, processing and inversion effort. The results of the study allowed the identification of the funeral chamber and a detailed imaging of layering and structural details.