{"id":357,"date":"2014-08-02T17:56:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T21:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/?page_id=357"},"modified":"2014-08-05T17:54:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T21:54:11","slug":"cuevas-de-viera-tumulus-antequera-andalusia-spain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/passage-tombs\/cuevas-de-viera-tumulus-antequera-andalusia-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuevas de Viera Chambered Tomb, Antequera, Andalusia, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Cuevas-de-Viera-frontcourt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-358\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Cuevas-de-Viera-frontcourt.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Cuevas-de-Viera-frontcourt.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Cuevas-de-Viera-frontcourt-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Cuevas-de-Viera-frontcourt-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Cuevas de Viera tumulus\u00a0was constructed ca. 3800 b.c.e., much earlier than the nearby Cueva de Romeral (1800 b.c.e.). It is oriented about due east, 95 degrees. This reconstructed forecourt (completed in May, 2006) was built with new stones up to the original entrance. Near the entry are several orthostats, including five with cupmarks (all to the right) and an entry stone that was carved with a rectangular opening. Passing under the large lintel capstone, one encounters a 24 meter long passage. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(See next frame)\u00a0<\/span>Another passage grave directly adjacent, Cueva de Menga, has a massive interior chamber.<\/p>\n<p>[previous] [next]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cuevas de Viera tumulus\u00a0was constructed ca. 3800 b.c.e., much earlier than the nearby Cueva de Romeral (1800 b.c.e.). It is oriented about due east, 95 degrees. This reconstructed forecourt (completed in May, 2006) was built with new stones up to the original entrance. Near the entry are several orthostats, including five with cupmarks (all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-357","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":607,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/357\/revisions\/607"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}