Dolmen of El Pendón, Reinoso (Burgos). Guide for your visit and enjoyment

The El Pendón dolmen in the town of Reinoso (Burgos) is practically the only example of a megalithic monument excavated in the Bureba region.
Megalithism is an archaeological phenomenon consisting of the construction of buildings or structures with large stones (megaliths). Traditionally, this term has been used to identify menhirs, ritual alignments, temples, and tombs (the latter also generically called dolmens).
In diverse chronocultural contexts, we know that it extends across almost all continents, such as Asia (China, Korea, Japan, Anatolia, the Near East, etc.), Africa (the Horn of Africa and North Africa), Oceania (Indonesia, Polynesia with the moai, which represent a later evolution in the use of monumental stone, etc.), and in South, Central, and North America, linked to stone structures of indigenous cultures in various regions.

Despite the universality of the megalithic phenomenon, in this guide we will refer to it as a funerary archaeological manifestation traditionally associated with the European Atlantic coast, with significant centers in the British Isles, France, Northern and Central Europe, and the Iberian Peninsula. It developed between the end of the 5th millennium and the 3rd millennium BC, or, in other words, between 4300 and 2000 BC.

The spatial distribution of this funerary phenomenon on the Iberian Peninsula has been peripheral, with very high densities along the Atlantic coast (Portugal and Galicia), spectacular monuments in Andalusia and the Southeast (with such important sites as Antequera, Gorafe, and Los Millares), Extremadura, where the Valencia de Alcántara complex stands out, and finally, very dense clusters of megalithic tombs along the Cantabrian coast, the Basque Country, and the Pyrenees region from Navarre to Catalonia.