5,000-year-old dolmen discovered in Spain

"A 5,000-year-old dolmen, a pre-historic monument with upright stone walls and a stone roof usually containing numerous burials, has been discovered in Teba, near Malaga in southern Spain. It is in an outstanding state of preservation and promises to add new information about the funerary practices of the southern Iberian Peninsula during the 3rd millennium B.C. Archaeologists from the University of Cadiz discovered the dolmen in their fourth excavation of the La Lentejuela necropolis."

"The monument is 13 meters (43 feet) long with walls composed of orthostats (vertical stone slabs) two meters (6.6 feet) high and features a complex arrangement of internal compartments. It was roofed with large stone slabs laid horizontally over the orthostats and then a tumulus of sand and stones was built above it. Inside, the team found several prestigious ossuaries and grave goods crafted from exotic raw materials such as ivory, amber, and seashells,"

Archaeologists from the University of Cadiz discovered a 5,000-year-old dolmen in Teba, near Malaga, in outstanding condition. The monument measures 13 meters long, has orthostat walls two meters high, and contains a complex internal compartment arrangement. Large horizontal stone slabs formed the roof, covered by a tumulus of sand and stones. Excavations yielded prestigious ossuaries and grave goods made from ivory, amber, and seashells, alongside sophisticated flint artifacts including arrowheads, large flint blades, and a halberd. The assemblage indicates high-status funerary practices, symbolic maritime prestige, and long-distance exchange networks during the 3rd millennium B.C.

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