Anta do Couto do Zé Godinho

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Anta do Couto do Zé Godinho (Portugal)
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Location of the Anta do Couto do Zé Godinho in Portugal.

The Anta do Couto do Zé Godinho , also known under the name Anta do Vale da Estrada , is a megalithic complex a good 7.5 km northwest of Castelo de Vide , in the municipality ( Portuguese Freguesia ) Santiago Maior 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

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 polygonal burial chamber was formed by seven granite bearing stones ( orthostats ) , six of which are still in situ . Since the capstone is missing, the remaining bearing stones have inclined sharply into the interior.

Two stones on the south side and one on the north side of the east-west oriented corridor have been preserved. The observations made so far suggest that the grave was once overgrown ( Mámoa ).

Based on its design features, the Anta is 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 Domingos Bucho: Anta do Couto do Zé Godinho . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, 1998, accessed on December 14, 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 Vale da Estrada / Couto do Zé Godinho . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Portal do Arqueólogo, accessed on December 14, 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 14, 2019]).
  5. ^ A. Martins: Anta do Couto do Zé Godinho . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural, accessed December 14, 2019 (Portuguese).

literature

  • A. Martins: Anta do Couto do Zé Godinho . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural, accessed on December 14, 2019 (Portuguese, with extensive literature sv Bibliografia).

Coordinates: 39 ° 28 ′ 11.6 "  N , 7 ° 30 ′ 41"  W.