Megalithic ensemble of Olival da Pêga

Category: Archaeology > Ensemble

District: Évora > Reguengos de Monsaraz > Monsaraz > Horta dos Revoredos

Location

, Situated near the village of Telheiro, in the municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz, district of Évora, Alentejo, Portugal.

Type and Period

, Group of Neolithic dolmens.

, Used from the end of the Neolithic period to the Chalcolithic period (around the 4th millennium BC).

Archaeology

, Initially discovered by German archaeologists Georg and Vera Leisner.

, Subsequently excavated in the 1990s by Victor Gonçalves and Ana Catarina Sousa from the Center for Archeology of the University of Lisbon (UNIARQ).

Anta 1

, One of the tallest dolmens in Portugal.

, Polygonal chamber with a relatively small entrance.

, Finds include quartz necklace beads and other materials, bone figures, ceramic fragments, schist plaques, and a small schist idol.

, Features a paved courtyard and two stelae in the corridor.

- Coordinates: 38.45135460845623, -7.401209407391657

Anta 2

, Large burial chamber (3.40m x 4m in diameter) with the capstone still in place.

, A 16-meter corridor identified, the longest in Portugal, connecting the dolmen to four other funerary structures.

, Finds include flint blades, arrowheads, axes, polished stone artifacts, necklace beads, ceramics, a copper dagger, and a bone figure of a fox.

, Most of the artifacts are stored at UNIARQ.

- Coordinates: 38.45154048270022, -7.398916371144567

Importance

, The site offers a unique insight into the funerary rituals and life of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic communities in the Alentejo region.

, Important for the study of prehistory and archeology in Portugal.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antas_do_Olival_da_Pêga

License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt