Anta das Tapadas de Pedro Álvaro

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Anta das Tapadas de Pedro Álvaro (Portugal)
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Location of the Anta das Tapadas de Pedro Álvaro in Portugal.

The Anta das Tapadas de Pedro Álvaro , also called Anta de Pedro Álvaro or Anta do Pêro d 'Alva , is a megalithic complex about 6.5 km north of Castelo de Vide , in the municipality ( Portuguese Freguesia ) of Santa Maria da Devesa in the district ( Portuguese Concelho ) Castelo de Vide, Portalegre district in northeast Alentejo .

Anta , Mámoa , Dolmen , Orca and Lapa are the common names in Portugal for the approximately 5000 megalithic structures that were built during the Neolithic in the west of the Iberian Peninsula by the successors of the Cardial or Imprint culture .

Monument preservation

From 1867–1868, the complex was excavated and published by Pereira da Costa .

The megalithic tomb was registered and protected as a Monumento Nacional in 1910 , but is in poor condition today.

Finding

The polygonal burial chamber is formed by seven granite bearing stones ( orthostats ) and was closed with a capstone that has been relocated today. Five of the formerly seven irregular triangular bearing stones were still found in situ and are now inclined inward to such an extent that they almost close the grave at the top.

The complex was built without a corridor and the former hill ( mámoa ) of the grave has hardly been preserved. Concentrations of granite stones of various sizes in the area of ​​the former Mamoa give room to assume that this could have been a cairn- type overhang .

Finds

No information is available about possible finds from the excavation between 1867 and 1868.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rosário Gordalina: Anta das Tapadas de Pedro Álvaro / Anta do Pêro D'Alva . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, 1991, accessed on July 2, 2018 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Francisco A. Pereira da Costa: Noções sobre o estado préhistórico da terra e do homem seguidas da descripção de alguns dolmins ou antas de Portugal . Lisbon 1868, p. 90 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ Decreto de 16-06-1910. (pdf) In: DG, n.º 136, de 23-06-1910. June 23, 1910, p. 2163 , accessed June 16, 2018 (Portuguese).
  4. ↑ A. Martins: Anta das Tapadas de Pedro Álvaro . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural, accessed July 2, 2018 (Portuguese).
  5. ↑ a b Anta do Pêro d'Alva . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Portal do Arqueólogo, accessed on June 27, 2018 (Portuguese).

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Coordinates: 39 ° 26 ′ 41.6 ″  N , 7 ° 28 ′ 19 ″  W.