Anta do Alcogulo III

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The Anta do Alcogulo III , also called Anta 3 do Alcogulo , is a megalithic complex about 3.5 km west of Castelo de Vide, in the municipality ( Portuguese Freguesia ) São João Baptista in the district ( Portuguese Concelho ) Castelo de Vide , Portalegre district in the 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 examined and published by Pereira da Costa and in 1997 it was registered and protected as Imóvel de Interest Público . A modern archaeological follow-up investigation of the site is still pending.

The site, which is privately owned, is largely destroyed today and the urgently needed conservation work could only be carried out to a limited extent due to difficulties with the owner.

Finding

The polygonal burial chamber was formed by seven granite bearing stones ( orthostats ) up to 3.4 meters high . All irregularly square bearing stones fell today, a capstone of the burial chamber was not observed. Since the burial chamber was still preserved when it was examined in the second half of the 19th century, it is assumed that the excavations at that time contributed significantly to the destabilization of the site.

In contrast to the neighboring Antas Antas da Coutada de Alcogulo and Anta do Alcogulo II , no corridor could be observed, but based on the findings a former hilltop ( Mámoa ) of the grave can be made probable.

The Anta do Alcogulo III belongs with the two neighboring Antas da Coutada de Alcogulo and Anta do Alcogulo II to a group of megalithic tombs that are spread over a radius of about 700 m. To what extent this is a grave field with recent or consecutive occupancy or whether the concentration in this richly found region was more “accidental”, must remain open due to the very rough dating of the three Antas.

Another cluster of five neighboring megalithic tombs - the Necrópole Megalítica de Coureleiros - was excavated just 1.5 km to the south.

Finds

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

The dating of the complex can therefore only generally be in the period from the 4th to the 2nd millennium BC. Take place.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Domingos Bucho: Anta do Alcogulo III . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, 1998, accessed on July 11, 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. ↑ Decree n.º 67/97 (= Ministério da Cultura [Ed.]: Diário da República, Series-B . Band  I , n.º 301). December 31, 1997, p. 6896 (Portuguese, dre.pt [PDF; accessed July 11, 2018]).
  4. ↑ a b c Anta do Alcogulo III / Anta 3 do Alcogulo . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Portal do Arqueólogo, accessed on July 11, 2018 (Portuguese).
  5. ↑ a b c A. Martins: Anta do Alcogulo III . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural, accessed on July 11, 2018 (Portuguese).

literature

  • A. Martins: Anta do Alcogulo III . Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, accessed on July 11, 2018 (Portuguese, with extensive literature sv Bibliografia).


Coordinates: 39 ° 24 ′ 38.2 "  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 39.3"  W.