ABSTRACT
This article presents a GIS-based approach to investigations of Romanisation in the Antequera Depression, (Málaga, Spain). Two geographic variables, visibility and relative height, were appraised to investigate territoriality and social dynamics during the Iberian and Roman periods. The results indicate both the continuity of Pre-Roman tendencies and the appearance of new trends in settlement, interpreted as the re-orientation of competitive behaviour amongst local communities from warfare and conflict to more symbolic concerns.
