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Antas de Olival da Pêga
Megalith, ancient site · Portugal
The Antas do Olival da Pêga are 2 dolmens located near the village of Telheiro, in the municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz, in Évora, Portugal. Anta is the Portuguese name for a dolmen, a single-chamber megalithic tomb. These two Neolithic dolmens were used over a long period, from the Late Neolithic to the Chalcolithic. The tombs were originally identified by German archaeologists Georg and Vera Leisner, who excavated Anta 1, with Anta 2 being subsequently excavated from the 1990s by Victor Gonçalves and Ana Catarina Sousa of the Centre of Archaeology of the University of Lisbon (UNIARQ). In addition to the visible stones at the two sites, which are about 300 meters apart, many items have been found as a result of excavations. Over one hundred people were buried in each tomb. The proximity of the two tombs gives rise to the conclusion that both were part of the same megalithic complex.
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- Type
- Megalith, ancient site
- Country
- Portugal
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