Menga Tholos — Annex Sub-Tumulus Sector
Menga Annex
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE)·Late Neolithic Atlantic·🇪🇸 Andalusia, Málaga, Antequera, Spain
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About Menga Tholos — Annex Sub-Tumulus Sector
Menga Tholos — Annex Sub-Tumulus Sector in Andalusia, Málaga, Antequera, Spain is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic Atlantic. Systematic survey and coring document ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal platform and domestic quarter. Dimensions chamber 4.2 m × 2.8 m; mound 18 m diameter; area 3.8 ha. Excavation unexcavated; condition partially preserved. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Late Neolithic Atlantic megalithic with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 430 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function and labor organization
- 02Relation to regional network
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
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. 3000–2500 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE)
- Culture
- Late Neolithic Atlantic
- Purpose
- Ceremonial tomb and territorial marker
- Rediscovered
- 2001
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 3000–2500 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 898 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1933
Modern rediscovery and excavation
c. 1591 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
37.0200° N · 4.5500° W · 430 m · 4 mapped features
- Principal ChamberchamberPrincipal Chamber at Menga Tholos — Annex Sub-Tumulus Sector — chamber with stratified deposits37.0206° N · 4.5510° W
- Peripheral Kerb SegmentkerbPeripheral Kerb Segment at Menga Tholos — Annex Sub-Tumulus Sector — kerb with stratified deposits37.0202° N · 4.5525° W
- Outlier Menhirstanding stoneOutlier Menhir at Menga Tholos — Annex Sub-Tumulus Sector — standing stone with stratified deposits37.0189° N · 4.5503° W
- Ancillary CairncairnAncillary Cairn at Menga Tholos — Annex Sub-Tumulus Sector — cairn with stratified deposits37.0204° N · 4.5492° W
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