ENGREVED IDOLS OF SEJOS

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Tipo de sitio:
Megalithic rock art

Lugar de localización: Collado de Sejos
Localidad: Uznayo
Municipio: Polaciones-Mancomunidad Campoo-Cabuérniga (Cantabria)
Región: Cantabria
País: España
Página Web: http://www.esenciadecantabria.com/disfruta/turismo-natural/puertos-de-sejos

Entorno Natural:

These idols are loccated in a mountain territory, in the high part of the Nansa Valley. The Collado de Sejos is a natural pass in the Cantabrian Mountains, in an area of mountain pastures, frequented in the summer by herds of native cattle

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Horarios de apertura:

This site is in the open air and is included in an archaeological mountain route.

Acceso y reservas:

Destinos culturales cercanos:

The Nansa Valley has a huge Cultural Heritage and offers a lot of places to visit, as the typical villages of Polaciones Valley, Carmona and Tudanca (where the House of Jose Maria Cossio is located). The Forge of Cades (XVIII Century, https://ferreriadecades.es/ ) is an essential destination to know the traditions and the Heritage of this Valley. The caves of El Soplao and Chufin (with Palaeolithic rock art) are close to theses Archaeological sites as well.

Destinos naturales cercanos:

The whole Nansa Valley is a natural destination where it is possible to enjoy from natural routes (as the Nansa river route, http://www.paisajespararespirar.com/rutas.html )

Alojamientos (Web turística):
http://www.paisajespararespirar.com/alojamientos.html
Restaurantes (Web turística):
https://www.turismodecantabria.com/descubrela/donde-comer

Cronología de las representaciones rupestres:

Chalcolithic -Bronze ages

Descripción general del destino:

Sejos: This megalithic group is formed by a semicircle of 5 large stones (menhirs or steles), two of them have schematic engraved representations, which have been identified with representations of prehistoric idols. They are rectangular figures finished in an arched lined in their top area, with series of transversal and zigzag lines, and bowls. One of the idols is accompanied by a representation of a triangular-bladed dagger. The chronology of the representations can be established at the beginning of the Bronze Age (about 3,800 years ago).

Historia del sitio:

The site was known to the local population since ancient times. The archaeological study of it is recent. It was developed by teams of the University of Cantabria in the 1980s.

Descripción de los recursos museográficos:

The MUPAC (Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria) has excellent reproductions of the idols of Sejos in its Recent Prehistory area.