Dolmen of S'Aigua Dolça

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Dolmen of S'Aigua Dolça
Dolmen of S'Aigua Dolça

Dolmen of S'Aigua Dolça
Dolmen of S'Aigua Dolça (Balearic Islands)
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Location in Mallorca
Coordinates 39 ° 45 '0.1 "  N , 3 ° 18' 11.8"  E Coordinates: 39 ° 45 '0.1 "  N , 3 ° 18' 11.8"  E
place Colonia de Sant Pere , Balearic Islands , Spain
Emergence 1750 to 1650 BC Chr.

The dolmen of S'Aigua Dolça is a megalithic complex in the municipality of Artà on the Balearic island of Mallorca . It is located between the village of Colònia de Sant Pere and the settlement (Urbanització) Betlem , about 30 meters from the shoreline of the Mediterranean Sea at na Ferradura , a small sea inlet in the Badia d'Alcúdia ('Bay of Alcúdia ').

Remains of the stone box

Until it was discovered in 1995, only the dolmen of Son Bauló de Dalt was known on Mallorca . The excavations, led by Victor Guerrero of the University of the Balearic Islands , began that same year and were completed a year later. The dolmen consists of a round stone circle with a diameter of 6.75 m as the boundary of a round burial mound . The stones are set 8 to 11 cm in the ground and protrude about 50 cm. In the center there is a large stone box made of slabs that form a bulged semi-oval chamber. Access is via an antechamber and the soul hole in the southwestern plate of the stone box.

The excavation was very informative as the burial chamber was found intact. Its contents were completely preserved. The archaeologists found eight skulls, six of which were lined up, and the remains of 34 people. Only the skulls and the larger bones were stored as a package. In addition, a number of was grave goods found: votive offerings of pottery , bracelets , necklaces , arrowheads and other. The radiocarbon dating of the bones revealed that the plant last v 1750 to 1650. Was used. The location plays an important role in dating the introduction of bronze to the Balearic Islands.

See also

literature

  • VM Guerrero Ayuso, M. Calvo Trias, J. Coll Conesa (eds.): El dolmen de S'Aigua Dolça (Colonia de Sant Pere, Artà, Mallorca) , Monografies de Patrimoni Històric, Collecció la Deixa 5, Consell Insular de Mallorca , 275 pp., ISBN 84-96069-05-2 .
  • Jaume Coll Conesa, Víctor Manuel Calvo Trias, Víctor Manuel Guerrero Ayuso: El Dolmen de S'Aigua Dolça. Sepulcro colectivo del Pretalaiótico . In: Revista de Arqueología . Issue 191, 1997, ISSN  0212-0062 , pp. 18-29.
  • Jaume Alzina i Mestre, Jaume Guiscafrè: Artà, living heritage . Edicions de Turisme Cultural, Palma de Mallorca 2001, ISBN 84-95572-15-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mark Van Strydonck: From Myotragus to Metellus . A journey into the prehistory and early history of Mallorca and Menorca. LIBRUM, Hochwald 2014, ISBN 978-3-9524038-8-4 , p. 55 (Dutch: Monumentaal en mysterieus - Reis door de prehistorie van Mallorca en Menorca . Leuwen 2002. Translated by Jürgen K. Schmitt).
  2. ↑ Mark Van Strydonck: From Myotragus to Metellus . A journey into the prehistory and early history of Mallorca and Menorca. LIBRUM, Hochwald 2014, ISBN 978-3-9524038-8-4 , p. 56 .
  3. Jump up ↑ Ignacio Montero Ruíz, J. Simón Gornés Hachero, Joan de Nicolás Mascaró, Joana Gual Cerdó: Aproximación a la Metalurgia Prehistórica de Menorca between 2000 and 650 cal AC . In: Mayurqa: Revista Anual d'Història . No. 30 . Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2005, ISSN  0301-8296 , p. 292 ( Online [PDF; 16.0 MB ; accessed on October 29, 2015]).

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