Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier
Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE)·Iberian Neolithic·🇪🇸 Andalusia, Huelva, Spain
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About Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier
Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier in Andalusia, Huelva, 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 platform 10 × 4 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 37.3667N -6.7435E controls access to Andalusia, Huelva 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, Huelva, illustrating Iberian Neolithic construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Tribal capital and ritual aggregation
- 02Seasonal gathering locus
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 Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier main structure
c. 1370 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier
1977–2011
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
37.3667° N · 6.7435° W · 95 m · 4 mapped features
Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier — Main Megalithic Feature
reservoirPrimary reservoir at Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits
37.3655° N · 6.7443° WDolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier — Secondary Enclosure
moundAncillary mound at Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier — burial gallery with stratified deposits
37.3672° N · 6.7426° WDolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art Panel
dromosOutlier dromos panel linked to Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape
37.3659° N · 6.7455° WDolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier — Hydraulic/Cistern Annex
structureHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Eastern Outlier with plastered basin
37.3659° N · 6.7453° W