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The Dolmen de Viera or Dolmen de los Hermanos Viera is a dolmen—a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb—located in Antequera, province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain.〔(Dólmenes de Antequera ), nuevaacropolismalaga.org. Accessed online 2010-01-23.〕 It is located only from the Dolmen de Menga〔 and about of another structure known as Tholos de El Romeral. It was discovered between 1903 and 1905 by brothers Antonio and José Viera from Antequera, who also discovered El Romeral.〔(Conjunto Arqueológico Dólmenes de Antequera ), Consejería de Cultura, Junta de Andalucía. Accessed online 2010-01-23.〕 Like the Dolmen de Menga, it is built with an ''orthostatic'' technique: large stones standing upright.〔 It consists of a long corridor〔〔José Antonio Quintana Campos, (Dolmen de Viera ), Patrimonio Histórico de Antequera «Dolmen de Menga». Accessed online 2010-01-23.〕 formed by twenty-seven stones, leading to a rectangular chamber.〔 This is presumed to be a burial chamber, although only silica and bone tools and ceramics were discovered there.〔 The burial chamber has different dimensions than the corridor: a little over high〔 and wide,〔(Dolmen de Viera, Antequera, Málaga ), spanisharts.com. Accessed online 2010-01-23.〕 while the corridor is high〔 and ranges from wide at the entrance to where it meets up with the chamber.〔 The corridor is a bit over long.〔 The stones range from to in thickness.〔 The dolmen is covered by a mound or ''tumulus'' in diameter.〔 Like most Iberian tombs, it is oriented slightly south of east (96°),〔 situated precisely so that at the summer solstices the sunlight at daybreak illuminates the burial chamber.〔Geoff Garvey, Mark Ellingham, Paul Sandham, Chris Stewart, ''The Rough Guide to Andalucia'', Fourth Edition, Rough Guides, 2003, ISBN 1-84353-068-6, p. 108. The book mentions the solstice with respect to the nearby Dolmen de Menga, which is identically aligned; in its case, there is a rock whose shadow is cast by the rising sun.〕 The left and right sides of the corridor appear to have consisted originally of sixteen slabs each; fourteen remain on the left and 15 on the right. Five larger slabs are intact in the roof, and there are fragments of two others; it would appear that three or four more have been entirely lost. The end of the corridor is a single large monolith with a square hole near its center. This and three other monoliths surround the chamber〔〔A diagram can be seen at (Dolmen de Viera, Antequera, Málaga ), spanisharts.com. Accessed online 2010-01-23.〕 There is a notable difference between the stones of the sides and those of the roof: the former are much more carefully worked and fit perfectly into the recesses made in the stones of the entrance and the floor. The Dolmen de Viera was built in the Copper Age, over 4,000 years ago in the third millennium BC; the precise date of its construction is uncertain.〔〔(Dólmenes de Antequera ), nuevaacropolismalaga.org, accessed online 2010-01-23, says 5,800 to 4,500 years.〕 It has had the status of a Monumento nacional since 1923.〔 The site is owned by the Council of Culture of the Andalusian Autonomous Government, who manage it as part of the Conjunto Arqueológico Dólmenes de Antequera.〔 The dolmen was restored recently,〔 and is open for visits by the public.〔 ==Notes== The dolmens of Viera, indeed, we were told when we recentrly visited the Dolmens in Antequera, the Arqueologic Director has informed us that the Vieira brothers were not, I repeat, were not originals from Antequera, and that they came from Dos Hermanas, Sevilla and once in Antequera they have realized the studies and investigations of the Dolmens. The Arqueolog name is Mr. Angel Fernandez. Please clear this up. Today,s date is. 14 March 2015. Thank you. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dolmen de Viera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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