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Prehistoric Spain.
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Although Spain is not traditionally known for its megaliths, it
nevertheless possesses numerous dolmens, menhirs, cromlechs and other
interesting prehistoric sites.
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'Traditionally it
was maintained that the Neolithic appeared first in the east and
afterwards in the west. Recent evidence, however, reveals a more complex
pattern. The existence of very early radiocarbon dates of the early
eighth millennium B.P. in several caves of western Andalucia suggests
that there was a nucleus of Neolithic development here which was
independent from that observed in the rest of Iberia (Acosta 1987)', (1)
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Featured Spanish Sites.
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 Cueva
de Menga complex
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Antequera.
Cueva de Menga is the largest of three
substantial passage mounds in the region.
It is considered to be one of the largest
such structures in Europe. It is twenty-five metres deep, five metres
wide and four metres high, and was built with thirty-two megaliths, the
largest weighing about 180 tonnes.
The entrance to the dolmen faces the
anthropomorphic Pena de los Enamorados in the distance.
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about Cueva da Menga complex)
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 Los
Milhares
– Inland from Almeria.
Extensive remains of a megalithic
settlement/fortress were discovered, which include a cemetery, dwellings, metal
implements and a major chambered mound surrounded by a stone-circle.
The settlement flourished between 5,100 B.P. and 4,500 B.P. (12). Probably a
'Tholos' similar to those seen in Mycenaean
Greece.
The main site is that of a
Neolithic walled Citadel and passage tomb cemetery, but there are 12
orbital forts and at least two other necroplis' on adjoining hilltops.
The site includes several reconstructed parts.
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 Valencia
de Alcantara. - Neolithic complex with
over a hundred known prehistoric sites in a region now divided by the
Spanish/Portuguese border.
Extremadora - A few kilometres away in the
Cáceres province of the Extremadura region of Spain 42 dolmen comprise
one of the most important collections in Europe around Valencia de
Alcántara. There are believed to be fourteen more whose location is no
longer known. The tourist authority in Valencia de Alcántara have set up
megalithic routes Ruta de los Dólmenes.
(Click here for More)Close by
just across the Spanish border is the Menhir of Meada,
the tallest single standing stone in the Iberian peninsular.
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 'Dolmen'
de Soto - Andalucia. (Passage mound/Dolmen)
Contains engravings on several of
the orthostats.
It was discovered by Don Armando de
Soto in 1922. Is the more important prehistoric monument of the province
of Huelva.
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List and description of featured Spanish sites
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Cueva de Menga. |
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Three large passage
mounds. |
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Los Milhares. (Soon) |
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Stone Circle. Settlement.
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Soto. (Soon) |
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Passage
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