The Encantat de Begues is in the top ten archaeology finds of National Geographic
The prestigious journal National Geographic selected the Encantat de Begues to be part of the 2012 top ten archaeology finds, together with other finds such as the Templo Mayor in Mexico City, the exact place where Julius Caesar was stabbed or the Temple of the Night Sun in Zotz (Guatemala). It is the most ancient prehistoric human figurine made of pottery found in the Iberian Peninsula, which was discovered during the excavations made in Can Sadurní cave (Begues, Barcelona) by some members of the Col·lectiu per la Investigació de la Prehistòria i lʼArqueologia del Garraf-Ordal (CIPAG), together with the UB Seminar of Studies and Prehistoric Research (SERP).
The prestigious journal National Geographic selected the Encantat de Begues to be part of the 2012 top ten archaeology finds, together with other finds such as the Templo Mayor in Mexico City, the exact place where Julius Caesar was stabbed or the Temple of the Night Sun in Zotz (Guatemala). It is the most ancient prehistoric human figurine made of pottery found in the Iberian Peninsula, which was discovered during the excavations made in Can Sadurní cave (Begues, Barcelona) by some members of the Col·lectiu per la Investigació de la Prehistòria i lʼArqueologia del Garraf-Ordal (CIPAG), together with the UB Seminar of Studies and Prehistoric Research (SERP).
The Encantat de Begues, dated 6500 years ago, matches with the beginnings of the Middle Neolithic; to be exact, the discovery has been made in the layer 11 (post cardial Middle Neolithic 1a), on its contact with the layer 11b (post cardial Early Neolithic 0). The preserved fragment is composed by the torso with one complete arm and the initial part of the other. It is 8 cm height, 1.90 cm thick and its width depends on the point from which we measure: 2.5 cm from its waist, 4 cm from its chest (if we only take into account the preserved arm), and about 5.5 cm on the same point, but we imagine both arms stretched out. The development of the rest of the body make think about a 16-18 cm height figurine.