Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier
Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE)·Iberian Neolithic·🇵🇹 Alentejo, Evora, Portugal
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About Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier
Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier in Alentejo, Evora, Portugal is a Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Neolithic. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal citadel 6 × 3 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 38.5654N -7.8897E controls access to Alentejo, Evora resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey megalithic for Alentejo, Evora, illustrating Iberian Neolithic construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3600 BCE
- Period
- Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE)
- Culture
- Iberian Neolithic
- Purpose
- Collective burial and territorial marker for agro-pastoral community
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3600 BCE
Initial construction of Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier main structure
c. 1300 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
38.5654° N · 7.8897° W · 260 m · 4 mapped features
- Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier — Main Megalithic FeaturechamberPrimary chamber at Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier — enclosure wall with stratified deposits38.5650° N · 7.8910° W
- Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier — Secondary EnclosurecairnAncillary cairn at Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier — platform mound with stratified deposits38.5654° N · 7.8895° W
- Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art PanelplazaOutlier plaza panel linked to Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape38.5666° N · 7.8906° W
- Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier — Hydraulic/Cistern AnnexreservoirHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Eastern Outlier with plastered basin38.5643° N · 7.8893° W