Son Caulelles
The in Spanish Cueva artificial or Cueva sepulcral called cave of Son Caulelles in Sa Cabaneta in the northwest of the Spanish Balearic island Mallorca belongs to an artificial cave type that is a peculiarity of the pretalayotic or navetiform era (1600-1200 BC) of the prehistory of the island .
The Son Caulelles cave, examined by WJ Hemp in 1926, is of the same type as the Son Sunyer and Cala Sant Vicenç complexes .
There is a 3.5 m long and 0.3 m deep trench across the entrance, the function of which is unknown. The access consists of three segments that were probably covered with plates. The portal of the chamber measures 0.8 × 0.7 m. In the chamber with a boat-shaped floor plan there is a circumferential bench altar segmented 13 times by a dent profile , which in the middle, where the approximately triangular cross-section of the chamber is highest, leaves an approximately 0.9 m long oval area free . On the south side, at the edge of the bench altar, there is a small pylon that slightly exceeds the height of the altar. There is a round side niche on the right wall near the entrance. There is no record of any pottery or human remains found.
There are other cuevas in Sa Cabaneta: Cova des Bosc, Cova de Can Parrisco and Ets Antigors .
See also
literature
- J. Aramburu, C. Garrido, V. Sastre: Guía Arqueológica de Mallorca. Olañeta Editor, Palma de Mallorca 1994, pp. 172-176.
Coordinates: 39 ° 36 ′ 54.9 " N , 2 ° 45 ′ 48.6" E