Tre Mains Tumulus
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE)·Early Bronze Age·🇵🇹 Alentejo, Portugal
About
About Tre Mains Tumulus
Tre Mains Tumulus in Alentejo, Portugal is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) tumulus attributed to Early Bronze Age culture. Systematically investigated through systematic survey and coring, it presents a fortified nucleus with workshop zone. Construction employs mudbrick on stone socle and demonstrates distinct phasing. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Early Bronze Age tumulus with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Long-distance exchange networks
- 02Ritual use and symbolic landscape
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre and pilgrimage focus
- 02Astronomical observatory and calendar
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. 2847 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE)
- Culture
- Early Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Necropolis and ritual
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2847 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 2047 BCE
Major expansion and monumental elaboration
c. 829 BCE
Rebuilding and fortification phase
1961
Modern archaeological excavation and survey
On the ground
Structures & features
37.4947° N · 6.6659° W · 1820 m · 4 mapped features
Hydraulic Channel
tombOutlier feature with geoglyph
37.4937° N · 6.6666° WBurial Cluster
hydraulicOutlier feature with geoglyph
37.4941° N · 6.6662° WOutlier Panel
structureAncillary necropolis associated with main monument
37.4954° N · 6.6655° WTemple Platform
galleryPrimary tumulus at Tre Mains Tumulus — platform mound
37.4927° N · 6.6668° W