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Dolmen

antas do Pinheiro do Campo

Portugal

DatedEst. 4000–3000 BCE

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Die Antas do Pinheiro do Campo liegen beiderseits der Straße, etwa 1,2 km nordöstlich von São Sebastião da Giesteira, im Westen des Distrikt Évora im Alentejo in Portugal. Anta oder Dolmen ist die portugiesische Bezeichnung für etwa 5000 Megalithanlagen, die während des Neolithikums im Westen der Iberischen Halbinsel von den Nachfolgern der Cardial- oder Impressokultur errichtet wurden.

Anta 1 liegt östlich neben der Straße. Der Deckstein der Anta ist noch intakt, aber in die teilweise zusammengebrochene polygonale Kammer verstürzt, die in den Überresten ihres Erdhügels liegt. Ein Telegrafenmast lehnt sich gegen einen der Tragsteine.

Anta 2 wurde Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts vom Archäologen Gabriel Pereira untersucht. Sie liegt unter einem Feigenbaum etwa 300 m entfernt, westlich der Straße, ist größer und in einem besseren Zustand. Eine unbefestigte Straße mit einem Viehgitter führt zu der Megalithanlage. Die Anta ist ein Dolmen mit einem Gang und ihr Deckstein ist in situ.

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Where it sits in time

The site's dated range, placed against world reference points.

The scale is logarithmic: each step to the left is about ten times older than the last.

  1. Göbekli Tepe9600 BCE
  2. First farming9500 BCE
  3. Avebury2600 BCE
  4. Great Pyramid of Giza2560 BCE
  5. Stonehenge2500 BCE
  6. Bronze Age collapse1200 BCE
  7. Rome founded753 BCE
  8. Parthenon447 BCE
  9. Hadrian's Wall122 CE
  10. Machu Picchu built1450 CE
12,000 BCE8,000 BCE4,000 BCE1 CE1,500 CE
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Est. 4000–3000 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical for this type

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The Antas do Pinheiro do Campo are two dolmens beside a road about 1,2 km northeast of São Sebastião da Giesteira, in the western part of Évora district in Portugal’s Alentejo region. In Portugal, the terms anta and dolmen are used for megalithic monuments built during the Neolithic by successors of the Cardial or Impressa cultures.

Anta 1 stands east of the road. Its capstone remains intact but has fallen into the partly collapsed polygonal chamber, which lies among the remains of its earthen mound. A telegraph pole leans against one of the chamber’s supporting stones.

Anta 2 lies about 300 m away on the west side of the road beneath a fig tree. It is larger and in better condition than Anta 1. An unpaved road with a cattle gate leads to it. This dolmen has a passage, and its capstone remains in situ.

The monuments are dated by typological estimate to 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. Anta 2 was investigated in the late 19th century by the archaeologist Gabriel Pereira. More generally, dolmens across western Iberia are known as antas, and some of the largest such structures in Iberia stand around Évora in the Alentejo.

antas do Pinheiro do Campo is a dolmen in São Sebastião da Giesteira e Nossa Senhora da Boa Fé, Portugal.

Antas do Pinheiro do Campo

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antas do Pinheiro do Campo is a dolmen in São Sebastião da Giesteira e Nossa Senhora da Boa Fé, Portugal. Wikidata describes it as: group of two dolmens in São Sebastião da Giesteira, Portugal. A typological estimate: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Antas do Pinheiro do Campo", shown in the original language.