The Enigmatic, Ancient Tomb of Syxon Knife in Spain

Nestled in the north of Spain, on the south slope of Montplà in Torroella de Montgrí, lies a shadowy sepulchral cave hidden in one of the last cliffs of the mountain near its summit. This elusive cave, of karstic character, is named after a farm owned by a man named Margall in its time. Remarkably, it was first excavated on August 30, 1925 by Matías Pallarés and Lluís Pericot, with Bosch i Gimpera participating occasionally.

The entrance to the cave, of karstic character, opens in one of the last cliffs of Montplà near its summit, in the sector known as de les Palloses or les Pallorres. Accessing its interior is no easy task.

From the human remains extracted by Pericot, there are several intriguing items, including a small iron shard, a red jasper syxon knife with highly polished edges, three flint arrow points, four hundred pieces of necklace, a piece of copper, and a slate plaquita de pizarra del Cau de l'Olivar d'en Margall, discovered by the master Pere Blasi and his students.

Pericot associated similar slate plaques with three found in a 'covered gallery' in Torrent (Baix Empordà), suggesting that the tombs of Montgrí and the Empordà dolmens share the same cultural time period. As per Pericot, the dating indicates a period between 2500 and 1600 BC, during the Neolithic period.

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