Dombate Dolmen — Galician Passage Grave Painted Panel-Menhir Atlantic
Neolithic (3800–2700 BCE corridor 3800, painted 2700 BCE)·Galician Neolithic Dombate style (Atlantic megalithic painted art)·🇪🇸 Galicia, A Coruña Province, Cabana de Bergantiños, Costa da Morte, Dombate, Spain
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About Dombate Dolmen — Galician Passage Grave Painted Panel-Menhir Atlantic
Dombate excavated by Bello 1998 Galician largest. Recorded context — Period: Neolithic (3800–2700 BCE corridor 3800, painted 2700 BCE); Culture: Galician Neolithic Dombate style (Atlantic megalithic painted art); Field status: excavated; Materials: gneiss orthostats 4.64 m high with paintings, idol menhir schist high neck; Condition: steel shelter — paint preserved 2700.
Why it mattersKey Galician Neolithic Dombate style (Atlantic megalithic painted art) megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Elite residence
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. 3800 BCE corridor; 2700 BCE painted menhir art
- Period
- Neolithic (3800–2700 BCE corridor 3800, painted 2700 BCE)
- Culture
- Galician Neolithic Dombate style (Atlantic megalithic painted art)
- Purpose
- Galician masterpiece 4.64 m high chamber (largest Galicia) with painted wavy and dotted art and carved menhir idols — 7 orthostats with guard stone carved female idols 0.8 m, 13 m mound
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1897
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3800 BCE corridor; 2700 BCE painted menhir art
Initial construction / first occupation at Dombate Dolmen — Galician Passage Grave Painted Panel-Menhir Atlantic
1990 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Dombate Dolmen — Galician Passage Grave Painted Panel-Menhir Atlantic
On the ground
Structures & features
43.1870° N · 8.9650° W · 23 m · 4 mapped features
- Dombate Dolmen — Galician Passage Grave Painted Panel-Menhir Atlantic — Principal Standing Stonestanding stonestanding stone at Dombate Dolmen — Galician Passage Grave Painted Panel-Menhir Atlantic — hydraulic feature43.1885° N · 8.9644° W
- Dombate Dolmen — Galician Passage Grave Painted Panel-Menhir Atlantic — Chamber Annex 2chamberchamber at Dombate Dolmen — Galician Passage Grave Painted Panel-Menhir Atlantic — outlier feature43.1854° N · 8.9649° W
- Dombate Dolmen — Galician Passage Grave Painted Panel-Menhir Atlantic — Southern Cairncairncairn at Dombate Dolmen — Galician Passage Grave Painted Panel-Menhir Atlantic — subsidiary complex43.1873° N · 8.9644° W
- Dombate Dolmen — Galician Passage Grave Painted Panel-Menhir Atlantic — Standing_Stone Annex 4standing stonestanding stone at Dombate Dolmen — Galician Passage Grave Painted Panel-Menhir Atlantic — outlier feature43.1863° N · 8.9666° W