The excavation of the dolmen Alto de Lodos has provided the first data for the study of the Megalithic Phenomenon in Cantabria. It is a simple dolmen with a cystoid type chamber and a tomb formed by accumulation of stones, with some slabs placed obliquely, whose function must have been the containment of the stone mass. The violation of the monument, that has deteriorated part of its structure, has not allowed us to document intact deposits. However, some of the lithic elements recovered correspond to remains of trousseau and allow us to suggest, by relation with those found in nearby contexts, a dating for the use of the dolmen, perhaps in the transition from the fourth to the third millennium a.e.... [Leer más...]