Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Southern Extension
Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE)·Iberian Neolithic·🇪🇸 Andalusia, Cadiz, Spain
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About Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Southern Extension
Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Southern Extension in Andalusia, Cadiz, Spain 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 chamber 9 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 36.8177N -5.6294E controls access to Andalusia, Cadiz 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 Andalusia, Cadiz, illustrating Iberian Neolithic construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
Theories
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
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. 3500 BCE
- Period
- Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE)
- Culture
- Iberian Neolithic
- Purpose
- Collective burial and territorial marker for agro-pastoral community
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3500 BCE
Initial construction of Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Southern Extension main structure
c. 1038 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Southern Extension
1976–2016
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.8177° N · 5.6294° W · 125 m · 3 mapped features
- Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Southern Extension — Main Megalithic Featurerock artPrimary rock art at Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Southern Extension — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits36.8188° N · 5.6284° W
- Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Southern Extension — Secondary EnclosurehydraulicAncillary hydraulic at Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Southern Extension — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits36.8172° N · 5.6312° W
- Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art PanelnecropolisOutlier necropolis panel linked to Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape36.8197° N · 5.6296° W
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