The dolmen Losa de la Mora or of Rodellar is a well-preserved
dolmen
A dolmen () or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the early Neolithic (40003000 BCE) and were somet ...
located in
Rodellar
Rodellar is a locality located in the municipality of Bierge, in Huesca province, Aragon, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 54.
Geography
Rodellar is located 64km east-northeast of Huesca
Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-easte ...
, in the municipality of
Bierge
Bierge (; an, Biarche) is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 258 inhabitants.
Geography
Bierge is at 600 meters on the sea, and it has the ...
, in the
Sierra de Guara
The Sierra de Guara is a mountain massif in the province of Huesca, the most northerly province in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. Its highest point is Tozal de Guara (2,077 m).
It lies around 25 km northeast of the city of Huesca ...
(
Huesca
Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, almo ...
,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
). It is at an altitude of 1020
masl
The Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) is a North American professional indoor soccer league. The MASL features teams playing coast-to-coast in the United States and Mexico.
MASL is the highest level of arena soccer in North America. MASL players ...
.
It dates from
Neolithic
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...
, from '' circa '' 3000 BC. It consists of three
orthostats
This article describes several characteristic architectural elements typical of European megalithic (Stone Age) structures.
Forecourt
In archaeology, a forecourt is the name given to the area in front of certain types of chamber tomb. Forecourts ...
covered by a large slab, which gives the dolmen its name.
The rocks that form it come from the ''Tozal de Llastras'', a place located about 500 m. far.
The dolmen is surrounded by numerous stones belonging to the mound that covered it, with a diameter of dispersion of about 12 meters. It was excavated by the archaeologist
Martín Almagro Basch
Martín Almagro Basch (11 April 1911 – 24 August 1984) was a Spanish archaeologist, historian, and writer. He fought in the Spanish civil war. He was an archaeology specialist, ranging from rock art to classic archaeology. He was a professor ...
in 1935 and 1936, finding stone axes,
flint
Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and start fir ...
tools and skeletal remains of various individuals.
Access
The dolmen is on a
mountain pass
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...
next to a signposted path that starts from Rodellar and leads to the uninhabited towns of
Otín and
Nasarre.
References
Dolmens in Spain
Archaeological sites in Aragon
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