{"id":33,"date":"2015-10-17T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ditchedenclosures\/?p=33"},"modified":"2016-06-30T12:57:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T11:57:36","slug":"ditches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/ditchedenclosures\/2015\/10\/17\/ditches\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditches"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two parallel ditches on both sides of an entrance to the enclosed area at Perdig\u00f5es (Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal). Some pits can also be seen. Copyright \u00a9 Jos\u00e9 Su\u00e1rez Padilla , Jos\u00e9 Luis Caro Herrero, Elena Mata Vivar, Jos\u00e9 E. M\u00e1rquez and V\u00edctor Jim\u00e9nez J\u00e1imez 2015 – Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Perdig\u00f5es archaeological complex<\/a> (Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal) is a prehistoric site near the Guadiana River, comprising at least 12 ditched enclosures, several hundred pits, an area with megalithic tombs and a set of standing stones (cromeleque). <\/p>\n

It is located in one of the richest archaeological landscapes of Iberia, with notable examples of Prehistoric monumental architecture such as menhirs and portal tombs (antas). A team from the University of M\u00e1laga (Spain)<\/a> has been carrying out fieldwork in collaboration with the Portuguese entity ERA Arqueologia<\/a> at the site since 2008. This includes geophysical (2008-2009) and micro-topographical (2011) surveys of the whole site, as well as both open-area excavations (2012-2013) and trenches (2009-2010, 20132015) in the area surrounding Entrance 1, as can be seen in the image above.<\/p>\n