Megalithism in Catalonia: A brief overview

Josep Tarrús i Galter, Museu Arqueològic Comarcal de Banyoles

Josep Tarrús i Galter (Girona, 1949) was the conservator of the Museu Arqueològic Comarcal of Banyoles between 1976 and 2014. He holds a doctorate in Prehistory and Ancient History from the Universitat de Barcelona. As a prehistorian, he works on the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods in Catalonia, on which he has written several books and many articles in specialised journals. He has overseen several excavations and restorations of megalithic monuments in the Alt and Baix Empordà and other parts of Catalonia. He has also overseen the excavations of the old Neolithic settlement of La Draga (Banyoles) and the mid-to-late Neolithic settlement of Ca n’Isach (Palau-saverdera), as well as the old Neolithic tomb cave in L’Avellaner (Cogolls, Les Planes d’Hostoles).