{"id":399,"date":"2014-08-03T16:28:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T20:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/?page_id=399"},"modified":"2014-08-06T20:45:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T00:45:56","slug":"dolmen-23-en-la-pena-de-los-gitanos-montefrio-near-grenada-spain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/simple-dolmens\/dolmen-23-en-la-pena-de-los-gitanos-montefrio-near-grenada-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolmen 23 en la Pe\u00f1a de Los Gitanos, Montefr\u00edo, near Grenada, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Penasdelasgitanes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-400\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Penasdelasgitanes.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Penasdelasgitanes.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Penasdelasgitanes-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Penasdelasgitanes-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The archaeological site of Penas de los Gitanos\u00a0features\u00a0evidence of human settlement from Neolithic times to the Bronze Age. It can be\u00a0found in a remote area on private property 7 miles east\u00a0of the village of Montefrio, near Grenada, Spain. There is a sign post off the road to Illora.\u00a0Excavations\u00a0at the site\u00a0have unearthed numerous artifacts including combs made from bone, flint arrowheads and shards of decorative ceramics. There are at least 7 dolmens.\u00a0Dolmen 23 is oriented to 120 degrees, possibly sunrise on Winter Solstice. Several of the other dolmens at the site are similarly oriented. \u00a0The massive capstone is split in two. The interior left jam has a whorl-like pattern incised on it. The view from the entrance looks off to a notch on a far distant ridge across the valley.\u00a0In one nearby cave dwelling, primitive rock paintings can be found. Elevation at this dolmen is 3394 feet. 37\u00b0N20.238\u2032 lat., 30\u00b0W57.720\u2032 long.<\/p>\n<p>[previous] [next]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The archaeological site of Penas de los Gitanos\u00a0features\u00a0evidence of human settlement from Neolithic times to the Bronze Age. It can be\u00a0found in a remote area on private property 7 miles east\u00a0of the village of Montefrio, near Grenada, Spain. There is a sign post off the road to Illora.\u00a0Excavations\u00a0at the site\u00a0have unearthed numerous artifacts including combs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-399","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399","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=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":650,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399\/revisions\/650"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/neolithic-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}