Dolmen de la Pastora
37°24′47″N 6°03′52″W / 37.41319°N 6.06444°W / 37.41319; -6.06444Type Dolmen History Periods Bronze Age Armenia Azerbaijan Bulgaria France Germany Guernsey Ireland Jersey Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Russia Scandinavia Spain Turkey Ukraine United
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The Dolmen de la Pastora (also known as Cueva de la Pastora[1]) is a prehistoric passage grave at Valencina de la Concepción near Seville, Spain. It has been dated to the Chalcolithic Age.[1]
Description
The dolmen is under "La Pastora" mound at Valencina de la Concepción.[2] It is a 43-metre long gallery, made with drystone walls and roofed with slabs of limestone and granite.[2] The passage terminates in a circular funeral chamber with a diameter of 2.5 metres, roofed with a single granite capstone.[2] The passage is orientated towards the sunset, unlike other similar tombs in the region which tend to face towards sunrise.[2]
Excavations in the slope of the tumulus in 1860 yielded 27 copper arrow heads of the "javelin type".[3]
Gallery
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Central chamber -
Interior passage -
Copper javelin heads -
Gold foil artefacts -
Variscite and amber jewellery
See also
- Prehistoric Iberia
- Antequera Dolmens Site
- Tholos de El Romeral
- Bell Beaker culture
References
- ^ a b de Laet, Sigfried, ed. (1994). History of Humanity: Prehistory and the beginnings of civilization. Vol. 1. Routledge. p. 520. ISBN 0415093058.
- ^ a b c d Pozzi, Alberto (2014). Megalithism: Sacred and Pagan Architecture in Prehistory. Universal-Publishers. pp. 103–4. ISBN 1612332552.
- ^ Hunt Ortiz, Mark A. (2003). Prehistoric mining and metallurgy in south west Iberian Peninsula. Archaeopress. p. 311.
External links
Media related to Dolmen de la Pastora at Wikimedia Commons
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- Dolmen de La Pastora, Base de datos Patrimonio Inmueble de Andalucía
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