Massive Megalithic Site Discovered In Spain!

My lead story in this week's news is the hugely important discovery of a megalithic complex in Spain! With more than five hundred standing stones, many of which are in rows, as well as dolmens, cists and prehistoric enclosures, this find could change our understanding of the Neolithic on the Iberian Peninsula!

In this video I also talk about the a recent analysis of rock crystal found in Neolithic burial grounds in the British Isles. This rare transparent quartz was transported hundreds of miles and deposited in these graves in purpose, probably because these gems were seen as having magical properties useful for the afterlife. Join me as I discuss these stories, as well as some other fascinating finds from the world of archeology!

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✨ IN THIS EPISODE

00:00 Introduction
00:49 Massive megalithic site discovered in Spain!
03:01 Neolithic people marked burial mounds with rock crystals
05:43 Gold rings discovered in an ancient grave in Romania
06:29 Portable ‘goddess’ idol excavated from Yassıtepe in Turkey
07:18 Neolithic female figuring discovered at Ulucak Höyük in Turkey

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✨ REFERENCES

Agence France-Presse in Madrid. (2022). ‘Huge megalithic complex of more than 500 standing stones discovered in Spain,’ The Guardian, 18 August. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/18/megalithic-complex-standing-stones-discovered-spain (Accessed: 18 August 2022).

Linares-Catela, J.A., Molina, C.M., López, A.L., Romero, T.D., Vera-Rodríguez, J.C. and Ramírez, P.B., 2022. El sitio megalítico de La Torre-La Janera (Huelva): monumentalidades prehistóricas del Bajo Guadiana. Trabajos de Prehistoria, 79(1), pp.115-130.

Heritage Daily. (2022). ‘Prehistoric people used crystals to mark burial sites,’ Heritage Daily, 15 August. Available at: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/prehistoric-people-used-crystals-to-mark-burial-sites/144444 (Accessed: 18 August 2022).

Overton, N., Healey, E., Garcia Rovira, I., Thomas, J., Birchenall, J., Challinor, D., Ray, K. (2022). Not All That Glitters is Gold? Rock Crystal in the Early British Neolithic at Dorstone Hill, Herefordshire, and the Wider British and Irish Context. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 1-20. doi:10.1017/S0959774322000142

Heritage Daily. (2022). ‘Researchers find prehistoric grave containing 169 gold rings,’ Heritage Daily, 12 August. Available at: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/researchers-find-prehistoric-grave-containing-169-gold-rings/144425 (Accessed: 18 August 2022).

Arkeolojik Haber. (2022). ‘5,000-year-old marble idol found in Yesilova Mound.’ Arkeolojik Haber, 17 August. Available at: https://www.arkeolojikhaber.com/haber-bornovada-ana-tanrica-kultuyle-baglantili-5-bin-yillik-mermer-idol-bulundu-34955/ (Accessed: 18 August 2022).

Arkeonews. (2022). ‘7,800-year-old female figurine discovered in Ulucak Höyük in western Turkey.’ Arkeonews, 8 August. Available at: https://arkeonews.net/7800-year-old-female-figurine-discovered-in-ulucak-hoyuk-in-western-turkey/ (Accessed: 18 August 2022).

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Thumbnail: A standing stone from the La Torre-La Janera site, credit: Figure 3 in El sitio megalítico de La Torre-La Janera (Huelva): monumentalidades prehistóricas del Bajo Guadiana. Trabajos de Prehistoria, 79(1). Licence CC BY 4.0 https://tinyurl.com/5swbejuu

(The photographs entitled standing stone, cup mark, cromlech and dolmen are taken from the same paper: Figures 3, 3, 4 and 5 respectively)

Social media page: Rock crystal from Dorstone Hill, credit: Figure 7 in Overton, N., Healey, E., Garcia Rovira, I., Thomas, J., Birchenall, J., Challinor, D., Ray, K. (2022). Not All That Glitters is Gold? Rock Crystal in the Early British Neolithic at Dorstone Hill, Herefordshire, and the Wider British and Irish Context. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 1-20. Licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 https://tinyurl.com/mufpd3m5

(The photographs entitled plan of the site, mounds and some of the crystals are from the same paper: Figures 3, 4 and 5 respectively).

Grave goods, credit: Tarii Crisurilor Museum.

Marble idol, credit: DHA.

Female figurine, credit: DHA