FfFfFfFF 58,382 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 The Perdigões archaeological complex is a prehistoric ceremonial site, comprising of 12 ditched enclosures which have been extensively studied since 2008 after its discovery during the planting of a vineyard. The structure now identified is located in the centre of the large complex of ditch enclosures in Perdigões and "articulates with the visibility of the megalithic landscape that extends between the site and the elevation of Monsaraz, located to the east, on the horizon". The Perdigões woodgenge consists of a circular plan of wooden posts, with a diameter of around 20 metres and is situated in the centre of the Perdigões complex. The henge is oriented towards the summer solstice, which archaeologists suggests demonstrates an underlining relationship between the architectural type of ‘woodhenges’ and ‘timber circles’ and may also suggest that Europe was more interconnected than previously thought during the Neolithic. The site has a chronology of about 1400 years, since the end of the Middle Neolithic (around 3400 BC) and the beginning of the Bronze Age (around 2000 BC). Source: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/08/woodhenge-discovered-in-the-iberian-peninsula/134637 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 I'd like to visit that, seems very cool and exciting. I love history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaSine 7,464 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Omg incredible Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Mess 1,393 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Wonderful! Seeing the migration map, I’m really surprised. Who would say people travelled that much around in those times? Now I take an uber to go to my workplace, which is like 25-30 min on foot from my house lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,382 Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 11 minutes ago, Da J said: Wonderful! Seeing the migration map, I’m really surprised. Who would say people travelled that much around in those times? Now I take an uber to go to my workplace, which is like 25-30 min on foot from my house lol Well yeah, but people migrated from the Middle East and/ or Africa to inhabit Europe in the first place. There were numerous waves of migration and we don't know most of them because they obviously went unrecorded. But we know of an archaic population that was later invaded or had admixture from Indo-Europeans. The Celts that lived in Britain, Ireland, Hispania were a second or third wave of migration. I also remember reading about a woman and family that migrated from Anatolia to Spain in Prehistoric times and that was thought to actually not have been 100% Anatolian because the journey was so long that her family mixed with other populations in the meantime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Mess 1,393 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 5 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said: Well yeah, but people migrated from the Middle East and/ or Africa to inhabit Europe in the first place. There were numerous waves of migration and we don't know most of them because they obviously went unrecorded. But we know of an archaic population that was later invaded or had admixture from Indo-Europeans. The Celts that lived in Britain, Ireland, Hispania were a second or third wave of migration. I also remember reading about a woman and family that migrated from Anatolia to Spain in Prehistoric times and that was thought to actually not have been 100% Anatolian because the journey was so long that her family mixed with other populations in the meantime. Now THAT is some getting along Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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