Dolmen de soto6/1/2023 Only a few grave goods have been recovered, some polished axe heads, flint knives, hand made pottery, a conical bone bracelet, some seashells and several beads. The remains of a woman and child were found in Dolmen de Soto, beneath a stone that had an engraving upon it that was originally interpreted by Obermaier as a mother and daughter. Bueno-Ramírez remarked, “There is not a single megalithic monument in Europe that has so many armed figures on its walls.” A space within the dolmen has been identified as an area where metal working took place and one figure appears to be wielding a ‘Carps Tongue’ sword, a type of weapon typical of the Late Bronze Age and of the Tartessos culture. Research using new lighting techniques was published in 2021 and many more drawings were revealed. The builders then created their own art, in the form of paintings and engravings, on the orthostats. The whole was then covered in earth to form a tumulus 60 metres in diameter and 3.5 metres high. A single frontal slab sealed the entrance. The corridor is lined with 63 orthostats that are then covered by 30 capstones, the remnants of the original stone circle. The 'chamber' is simply a wider, higher, extension to the passage itself sealed off at the rear end by a massive, upright, orthostat. There is no well defined chamber at the end of the passage. The dolmen consists of a passageway, 21.5 metres long, 2 metres wide and high at the entrance, increasing to 3 metres high and wide inside. It is just one of over 200 megalithic monuments in Huelva province. The stones were cut and used to create the Dolmen de Soto de Trigueros, the largest and most important dolmen in the province. It is not known whether the carvings date back to the menhir's origins or were added subsequently, although the motifs are similar to others found from the neolithic and chalcolithic eras.Whatever the stone circle was used for, solar or lunar observations, a sowing calendar, to demarcate a necropolis or some other purpose, it was dismantled between 30 BC. However, the fact that it lay on the ground for so long has contributed to the erosion of the carvings. The stone is decorated with engravings depicting the sun's rays, a staff, and wavy and zigzagging lines. It has a phallic appearance, being about four meters high and one meter in diameter. The menhir is part of a megalithic nucleus that includes the menhirs of Monte da Ribeira and Outeiro and the Xerez Cromlech. It is situated on the road between the villages of Outeiro and Telheiro, on a flat area at the base of Monsaraz hill. It was restored to its original shape soon after discovery, with the fracture remaining very noticeable. At that time it was lying flat on the ground, with the upper part separated from its base, which had been used in a nearby grape press. Overlooked for a long time, it was identified in 1970. The menhir is thought to date back to between 40 BCE. It was classified as a National Monument by the Government of Portugal in 1971. The Menhir of Bulhoa ( Portuguese: Menir da Bulhoa), also known as the Menhir of Abelhoa, is a granite megalithic standing stone, located near the parish of Monsaraz, in the municipality of the Reguengos de Monsaraz, in the Évora district of the Alentejo region of Portugal.
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