 Entrance to the Dolmen | |
  Shown within Spain | |
| Alternative name | Cueva de la Pastora |
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| Location | Seville |
| Coordinates | 37°24′47″N 6°03′52″W / 37.41319°N 6.06444°W / 37.41319; -6.06444 |
| Type | Dolmen |
| History | |
| Periods | Bronze Age |
The Dolmen de la Pastora (also known as Cueva de la Pastora) is a prehistoric passage grave at Valencina de la Concepción near Seville, Spain. It has been dated to the Chalcolithic Age.
Description
The dolmen is under "La Pastora" mound at Valencina de la Concepción. It is a 43-metre long gallery, made with drystone walls and roofed with slabs of limestone and granite. The passage terminates in a circular funeral chamber with a diameter of 2.5 metres, roofed with a single granite capstone. The passage is orientated towards the sunset, unlike other similar tombs in the region which tend to face towards sunrise.
Excavations in the slope of the tumulus in 1860 yielded 27 copper arrow heads of the "javelin type".
Gallery
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Central chamber
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Interior passage
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Copper javelin heads
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Gold foil artefacts
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Variscite and amber jewellery
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See also
References
- ^ de Laet, Sigfried, ed. (1994). History of Humanity: Prehistory and the beginnings of civilization. Vol. 1. Routledge. p. 520. ISBN 0415093058.
- ^ Pozzi, Alberto (2014). Megalithism: Sacred and Pagan Architecture in Prehistory. Universal-Publishers. pp. 103–4. ISBN 978-1612332550.
- 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
- Dolmen de La Pastora, Base de datos Patrimonio Inmueble de Andalucía