Anta do Cerejeiro

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Anta do Cerejeiro (Portugal)
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Location of the Anta do Cerejeiro in Portugal.

The Anta do Cerejeiro is a megalithic complex about 7.5 km north of Castelo de Vide on the left bank of the Ribeira de São João , in the municipality ( Portuguese Freguesia ) Santiago Maior in the district ( Portuguese Concelho ) Castelo de Vide, Portalegre district in the northeast Alentejo . Almost 400 m to the southeast, also on the left bank of the Ribeira de São João , is the Anta da Várzea dos Mourões .

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

The Anta was first published in 1975 and cataloged again in 1986 as part of a prospecting . A further archaeological investigation of the site is still pending. In 1997 the complex was classified as IIP - Imóvel de Interest Público and placed under protection.

Finding

The site is largely destroyed today. Only two of the highly fragmented support stones ( orthostats ) of granite are in situ condition. So far there have been no indications of a corridor or a hill ( mámoa ) of the tomb, but the pending excavations can correct the picture if necessary.

Despite the poor preservation, the Anta can be dated to the period from the end of the Neolithic to the Copper Age (3500–2000 BC).

Finds

No information is available about any finds in the course of prospecting.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Paula Noé: Anta do Cerejeiro . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, 1996, accessed on December 13, 2019 (Portuguese).
  2. ^ Maria da Conceição Monteiro Rodrigues: Carta Arqueológica do Concelho de Castelo de Vide . Lisbon 1975, p. 277 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ a b c d Anta do Cerejeiro . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Portal do Arqueólogo, accessed on December 13, 2019 (Portuguese).
  4. ↑ Decree n.º 67/97 (= Ministério da Cultura [Ed.]: Diário da República, I Série . Band  I , n.º 301). December 31, 1997, p. 6896 (Portuguese, dre.pt [PDF; accessed December 13, 2019]).
  5. ^ A. Martins: Anta do Cerejeiro . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural, accessed December 13, 2019 (Portuguese).

literature

  • A. Martins: Anta do Cerejeiro . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural, accessed on December 13, 2019 (Portuguese, with extensive literature sv Bibliografia).

Coordinates: 39 ° 29 '23.4 "  N , 7 ° 28' 15.6"  W.