dolmen Placa

Dolmen Placa, also called Lo Zappa, stands in an olive grove in the district of Lo Zappa in Melendugno, in the Province of Lecce, Apulia, Italy. It is a small dolmen made from local tufa blocks and is generally classified as a dolmen.

Its roughly square capstone has irregular sides and a hole about 14 cm across on its outer surface. The capstone is of uneven thickness and rests on six monolithic supporting stones. One orthostat is missing from the west side, but fragments of it lie on the ground. The entrance is on the northwest side.

The monument was discovered in 1909 by G. Palumbo. It is 0,9 m high, with a trapezoidal form, 1,25 to 1,96 m wide and 2,15 m long. Its capstone measures 0,17 to 0,4 m thick. A typological estimate places it between 4000 BCE and 3000 BCE.

Dolmens in Italy are found in the south, including Apulia, Sardinia and Sicily. The wider tradition notes that some Apulian dolmens have long passages leading to burial cells, unlike the simple three-stone tables suggested by the word dolmen. Further information specific to this site beyond the stated measurements and description is not provided.

dolmen Placa is a dolmen in Melendugno, Italy. A typological estimate: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Dolmen Placa", shown in the original language.