TY - BOOK ID - 32915226 TI - Megalithic tombs in Western Iberia : excavations at the Anta da Lajinha AU - Scarre, Christopher AU - Oosterbeek, LuiÌs PY - 2020 SN - 9781785709807 9781785709814 9781785709821 9781785709838 178570981X 1785709836 1785709801 PB - Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, DB - UniCat KW - Megalithic monuments KW - Tombs KW - Architecture, Prehistoric KW - Neolithic period KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - E-books KW - Cyclopean remains KW - Antiquities, Prehistoric KW - Monuments KW - Religion, Prehistoric KW - Megalithic monuments - Iberian Peninsula KW - Tombs - Iberian Peninsula KW - Architecture, Prehistoric - Iberian Peninsula KW - Neolithic period - Iberian Peninsula KW - Excavations (Archaeology) - Iberian Peninsula KW - Europe KW - Hispania KW - Iberia KW - Iberian Peninsula KW - Península UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32915226 AB - Western Iberia has one of the richest inventories of Neolithic chambered tombs in Atlantic Europe, with particular concentrations in Galicia, northern Portugal and the Alentejo. Less well known is the major concentration of tombs along the Tagus valley, straddling the Portuguese-Spanish frontier. Within this cluster is the Anta da Lajinha, a small megalithic tomb in the hill-country north of the River Tagus. Badly damaged by forest fire and stone removal, it was the subject of joint British-Portuguese excavations in 2006-2008, accompanied by environmental investigations and OSL dating. This volume takes the recent excavations at Lajinha and the adjacent site of Cabeco dos Pendentes as the starting point for a broader consideration of the megalithic tombs of western Iberia. Key themes addressed are relevant to megalithic tombs more generally, including landscape, chronology, settlement and interregional relationships. A final section considers the Iberian tombs within the broader family of west European megalithic monuments, focusing on chronologies, parallels and patterns of contact. ER -