Grave 13 meters long reveals “collective grave” and even the presence of trade in the region in prehistory.

Archaeologists in Spain discovered a stone monument with 5,000 years which contains several burials and numerous Funeral objects, including weapons.

The tomb has 13 metros In length, and its walls are composed of 2 meter high stone vertical slabs, known as orthostats.

Investigators are still studying the site, and they count, cited by theAll the dolmen was also covered by large horizontal stone slabs And, on this coverage, there was a tomb, a lot built by man, sand and small stones, ”explained Eduardo Vijande Vila, a prehistory associate professor at the University of Cadis and co-director of the excavations.

Several bones have been discovered (small graves that contain human bones), indicating that this dolmen was used as a “collective grave” for several individuals,

And it was still possible to find out more about prehistoric society on site. “The presence of shells in an interior zone reflects the importance of the sea as an element of prestige and the existence of exchange networks long distance, ”says researcher Juan Jesús Cantillo, who also participates in investigations.

Marine shells, ivory pieces, arrow tips and a halanc (a gun similar to a spear) thus denounce the existence of trade at the time.

The new dolmen, discovered in the autonomous region of Andalusia, in southern Spain, is “one of the most monumental and best preserved funeral structures in Andalusia,” said the researchers.

Grave 13 meters long reveals “collective grave” and even the presence of trade in the region in prehistory.

Archaeologists in Spain discovered a stone monument with 5,000 years which contains several burials and numerous Funeral objects, including weapons.

The tomb has 13 metros In length, and its walls are composed of 2 meter high stone vertical slabs, known as orthostats.

Investigators are still studying the site, and they count, cited by theAll the dolmen was also covered by large horizontal stone slabs And, on this coverage, there was a tomb, a lot built by man, sand and small stones, ”explained Eduardo Vijande Vila, a prehistory associate professor at the University of Cadis and co-director of the excavations.

Several bones have been discovered (small graves that contain human bones), indicating that this dolmen was used as a “collective grave” for several individuals,

And it was still possible to find out more about prehistoric society on site. “The presence of shells in an interior zone reflects the importance of the sea as an element of prestige and the existence of exchange networks long distance, ”says researcher Juan Jesús Cantillo, who also participates in investigations.

Marine shells, ivory pieces, arrow tips and a halanc (a gun similar to a spear) thus denounce the existence of trade at the time.

The new dolmen, discovered in the autonomous region of Andalusia, in southern Spain, is “one of the most monumental and best preserved funeral structures in Andalusia,” said the researchers.