Cova des Fum

Cova des Fum
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Location in Formentera
Coordinates	38 ° 40 '58.6 "  N , 1 ° 33' 3.2"  E Coordinates: 38 ° 40 '58.6 "  N , 1 ° 33' 3.2"  E
place	Formentera , Balearic Islands , Spain

The Cova des Fum ("Smoke Cave") is an archaeological site on Formentera . It is located on the cliff above Sa Cala , on the northwest side of La Mola. The cave can be reached both from the La Mola plateau and from Sa Cala. Archaeological finds date from different periods of Formentera from prehistory to the Middle Ages.

Although the cave has been known to the archaeological world since the 1960s, the first systematic excavations did not take place until 2012.

Other megalithic systems on Formentera are Ca na Costa and at Cap de Barbaria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cova des Fum, L'Enciclopèdia d'Eivissa i Formentera, http://www.eeif.es/veus/Fum-cova-des/ , accessed on April 16, 2017.
2. ↑ La 'catedral' de sa Cova des Fum, http://www.diariodeibiza.es/formentera-hoy/2016/03/11/catedral-sa-cova-des-fum/828685.html , accessed on April 16 2017
3. ↑ Cap de Barbaria, L'Enciclopèdia d'Eivissa i Formentera, http://www.eeif.es/veus/Barbaria-cap-de/ , accessed on April 16, 2017.