Dolmen de la Pastora

The Dolmen de la Pastora (also known as Cueva de la Pastora[1]) is a prehistoric passage grave at Valencina de la Concepción near Seville, Spain. It has been dated to the Chalcolithic Age.[1]

Dolmen de la Pastora
Entrance to the dolmen
Shown within Spain
Alternative nameCueva de la Pastora
LocationSeville
Coordinates37.41319°N 6.06444°W / 37.41319; -6.06444
TypeDolmen
History
PeriodsBronze Age

Description

The dolmen is under "La Pastora" mound at Valencina de la Concepción.[2] It is a 43-metre long gallery, made with drystone walls and roofed with slabs of limestone and granite.[2] The passage terminates in a circular funeral chamber with a diameter of 2.5 metres, roofed with a single granite capstone.[2] The passage is orientated towards the sunset, unlike other similar tombs in the region which tend to face towards sunrise.[2]

Excavations in the slope of the tumulus in 1860 yielded 27 copper arrow heads of the "javelin type".[3]

References
  1. de Laet, Sigfried, ed. (1994). History of Humanity: Prehistory and the beginnings of civilization. 1. Routledge. p. 520. ISBN 0415093058.
  2. Pozzi, Alberto (2014). Megalithism: Sacred and Pagan Architecture in Prehistory. Universal-Publishers. pp. 103–4. ISBN 1612332552.
  3. Hunt Ortiz, Mark A. (2003). Prehistoric mining and metallurgy in south west Iberian Peninsula. Archaeopress. p. 311.

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