Chabola de la Hechicera

Chabola de la Hechicera
View of the dolmen
Chabola de la Hechicera is located in the Basque Country
Chabola de la Hechicera
Shown within the Basque Country
Chabola de la Hechicera is located in Spain
Chabola de la Hechicera
Chabola de la Hechicera (Spain)
LocationElvillar, Álava, Basque Country, Spain
Coordinates42°34′03″N 2°33′13″W / 42.5676°N 2.5536°W / 42.5676; -2.5536
TypeDolmen
History
FoundedChalcolithic, Bronze Age[1]
Site notes
Discovered1935
Archaeologists

The Chabola de la Hechicera (Spanish for 'The Witch's Hut', Basque: Sorginaren Txabola) is a dolmen in Elvillar, Álava, in the Basque Country of Spain. Three large vertical stones support a large horizontal flat stone. Nine large stones form a chamber in a polygonal shape. The corridor is flanked by five stones and divided into two sections. The site was probably a funerary construction to hold the remains of the people in the settlement.

It was discovered in 1935 by Álvaro de Gortázar in a fair state of preservation. José Miguel Barandiarán explored it partially in 1936, finding two stone hammerstones, a polished axe of ophite, fragments of pottery and human remains. The stone lying on top was found broken into three parts, but it was restored and replaced in its assumed original position during the 1974 restoration. The finds are preserved in a museum in nearby Laguardia.[2][1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Vegas Arámburu, José Ignacio (1983). Dólmenes en Álava: guía para su visita (PDF) (in Spanish). Vitoria-Gasteiz: Diputación Foral de Alava, Departamento de publicaciones. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  2. ^ Barandiarán, José Miguel. "Chabola de la Hechicera". Auñamendi Encyclopedia (in Spanish). Eusko Ikaskuntza. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
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