Antiquity Doñana National Park



banks of river guadalquivir in doñana national park


although topography of doñana relatively new land feature measured on geological time scale, remains of neolithic tools have been found in area. various ancient civilizations had presence there long 2,800 years ago, including phoenicians, phocaean greeks , tartessians. in 1923, german archaeologist adolf schulten, accompanied adolf lammerer , george bonsor, searched location of ancient tartessian capital in doñana dunes, found nothing of interest. these excavations carried out @ cerro del trigo , funded duke of tarifa , denia, owner of doñana. nevertheless, in 1978 schulten found stele of villamanrique @ nearby town of villamanrique de la condesa. surveys made in 2007 in hinojos salt marsh, or marisma de hinojos , of huelva province, in effort discover traces of mythical city. noteworthy finds included remains of roman settlements, dating 2nd through 5th centuries ad, had been engaged in fishing , fish salting or preparation of garum. guadalquivir marshes (las marismas del guadalquivir), area of marshy lowlands near left bank of mouth of guadalquivir, large inland lake known lacus ligustinus in latin. lake infilled deposited sediment, gradually giving way current marshes.








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