10.- Kurutzebakar

10.- Kurutzebakar
No chamber is known and it is composed of a circular barrow, which has a looting pit in the middle.

Measurements

The burial mound has a diameter of 10 meters and a height of 0.8 meters. The looting hole has a diameter of 3 meters and a depth of 0.9 meters.

Research

J.M. found it. Barandiaran in 1920, and a year later it was excavated by T. Aranzadi, J.M. Barandiarán and E. Eguren. Since then, no further investigation has been conducted. The structure and some materials have been published in various research works: Aranzadi, Barandiaran and Eguren (1922), J. M. Barandiaran (1953), J. Elósegui (1953), Cartas arqueológicas de Gipuzkoa (1982, 1990), J. M. Apellániz (1973 ).

Findings

In the excavation only one prehistoric piece was found, a quartz crystal (salt gem), together with materials from the modern age (a rifle stone, a bullet).

Highlights

As has also been mentioned in other cases from the station, the archaeologists also saw that the floor of the rocks was also pierced here, but it is not clear if the hole was caused by looting or if it was part of the original structure. As for the materials, gems and quartz crystals can be found in the dolmens as grave goods for the dead. As in Irukurutzeta and Kerexeta, there were also firefights from the war against the French here, as indicated by the rifle material found.

Type
Tumulua
Date
Neolithic-Bronze Age (4,000-1,500 BC)
Town
Bergara - Soraluze
Location

The burial mound has a diameter of 10 meters and a height of 0.8 meters. The looting pit has a diameter of 3 meters and a depth of 0.9 meters.