Monte Serves Dolmen
DatedEst. 4000–3000 BCE
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Overview
About this site
What the sources say
Der Dolmen vom Monte Serves ist ein Dolmen an einem Berghang in Verdelha do Ruivo bei Vialonga im Kreis Vila Franca de Xira im Distrikt Lissabon in der Estremadura in Portugal.
Der 1972 ausgegrabene Dolmen wurde während geologischer Analysen in der Region Vila Franca de Xira von Octavio da Veiga Ferreira entdeckt. Es wurden nur wenige Artefakte gefunden, was eine Datierung erschwert. Aufgrund der Bauweise und unter Bezug auf andere charakteristische Exemplare in den benachbarten Regionen wird angenommen, dass er im Chalkolithikum gebaut wurde. Von Bedeutung ist die Existenz menschlicher Knochenreste von lediglich einer Person.
Das Denkmal wurde als Dolmen mit einem kurzen oder nicht vorhandenen Gang klassifiziert, mit einer südöstlich orientierten subtrapezförmigen annähernd symmetrischen offenen Kammer, die vermutlich mit Decksteinen bedeckt war. Es sind noch Reste des Tumulus sichtbar.
Die Struktur von der sich die Endsteine und beidseitig oft einwärts geneigte Randsteine erhalten haben, zeigt Unterschiede, die Zweifel an ihrer archäologischen Bewertung aufkommen lassen. Ein wichtiges Detail ist die Tatsache, dass diese Megalithanlage im Vergleich zu gleichartigen sehr klein ist.
Der Dolmen ist keine Anta und wurde noch nicht als kulturelles Erbe registriert.
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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.
The full article
Monte Serves Dolmen: the whole story
Summary in EnglishSources for this section
- Wikipedia (German): Dolmen vom Monte ServesCC BY-SA 4.0
Sources for this section
- Wikipedia (German): Dolmen vom Monte ServesCC BY-SA 4.0
Monte Serves Dolmen is a dolmen in Vialonga, Portugal. A typological estimate: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Dolmen vom Monte Serves", shown in the original language.
Tradition and region
About this kind of monument
Portuguese antas of the Alentejo
Around Évora, in the Alentejo, megalithic tombs are called antas, and some of the largest in Iberia stand here. The Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro, near Valverde in the municipality of Évora, is considered one of the biggest such structures in Iberia. Research has dated it to between 4000 and 3000 BCE, concurrent with the megalithic building of the Évora region, and it is linked to the Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja at Montemor-o-Novo. Henrique Leonor Pina excavated it in 1965, and although his methods caused some controversy, the work recovered slate tablets, necklaces, crosiers, copper objects, ceramics and carinated bowls. The Portuguese government declared it a national monument in 1971.
The finds show that the tombs were used for generations: slate tablets, personal ornaments and copper objects in the chambers reach into the Chalcolithic, so one anta can carry evidence for several centuries of burial custom. Excavated anta chambers are the main source for dating, since the stones themselves cannot be dated.
Nearby, the Almendres Cromlech is a large group of standing stones, a reminder that the Alentejo's megalithic landscape also includes open-air stone enclosures and single menhirs, not only tombs.
The Atlas's records here include small antas, some reduced to a few standing slabs, and many lack a secure excavation date. They are labelled with a typological range.
When visiting, look for the chamber and the passage that leads to it, and for the way the monument sits in its field. Check access in advance.
Paraphrased from Wikipedia: Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro, Wikipedia: Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja, Wikipedia: Almendres Cromlech, Wikipedia: Dolmen · CC BY-SA 4.0
From the article
Dated moments in the story
- 1972
Der 1972 ausgegrabene Dolmen wurde während geologischer Analysen in der Region Vila Franca de Xira von Octavio da Veiga Ferreira entdeckt.
Source
See it in 3D
An interpretive reconstruction of the monument, standing on the real ground at its exact point, under the sun for that place and season. Drag to look around it.
The reconstruction is ours, not a survey: it shows what a monument of this type looks like, at the size the record gives for this one.
Lore
Evidence & Lore
What the sources actually support — and, kept apart, what has been claimed.
What the evidence supports
Dates
Est. 4000–3000 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical range for dolmens in Portugal; this site has not been dated itself. Most dolmens date from the Late Neolithic period (4000-3000 BCE); megalithic tombs at Algarve in Portugal date to c. 2500 BC.Source for this date
Where it stands
Portugal
The pin marks the monument itself — its exact point.
- Coordinates
- 38°53′39″ N, 9°05′03″ WFor a GPS or map app: 38.89422, -9.08425
Access is as our sources describe it; we have not visited the site to check.
Nearby
The closest sites in the Atlas, by straight line.
Anta de Casaínhos4000–3000 BCE
Anta da Toupeira4500–1800 BCE- DolmenDólmen do Sítio das Batalhas4000–3000 BCE
Anta das Pedras Grandes4000–3000 BCE- Gallery grave (allée couverte)Monumento megalítico do Pego Longo
Anta do Senhor da Serra4000–3000 BCE
Lápides das Pedras Negras- DolmenAntas de Belas4000–3000 BCE
Sources
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2 sources behind this page
- 01Wikidata Q56294936wikidata.org
- 02Source for this dateen.wikipedia.org
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Around this place
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Text, licence and sources
Text from the Wikipedia article "Dolmen vom Monte Serves" (German), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; authors are listed in the page history. Reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikipedia · Edit history and authors