Dolmen de la Pastora explained

Dolmen de la Pastora
Alternate Name:Cueva de la Pastora
Map Type:Spain
Coordinates:37.4132°N -6.0644°W
Epochs:Bronze Age

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: de Laet. Sigfried. History of Humanity: Prehistory and the beginnings of civilization. 1. 520. 1994. Routledge. 0415093058. registration.
  2. Book: Pozzi, Alberto. Megalithism: Sacred and Pagan Architecture in Prehistory. 2014. 103–4. Universal-Publishers. 978-1612332550.
  3. Book: Hunt Ortiz, Mark A.. Prehistoric mining and metallurgy in south west Iberian Peninsula. 311. 2003. Archaeopress.