Cistas das Casas Velhas - Melides, Portugal
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member RuiJSDuarte
N 38° 06.916 W 008° 43.220
29S E 524515 N 4218641
"Isolated and located in a rural area, the burial ground have been used between sec.XV BC and sec.VII BC and is a funerary group consisting of multiple run honeycomb cistas, arranged in two distint areas each of about 30m2."
Waymark Code: WMK0ZB
Location: Setúbal, Portugal
Date Posted: 01/27/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member Max Cacher
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"The bodies were deposited in these cists in the fetal position, and it was common to be accompanied by a ceramic vase containing grave goods, in this case almost all this excavated cists contain spoils.

This station was partially excavated in the 70s, but it is believed that there is still a good deal by digging. For now Municial Chamber of Sines reclassified the surrounding space and created conditions for us to access these monuments."

Thereis about 26 graves dig up already.

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