Talayotic Menorca

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Talayotic Menorca: Archaeological Treasures of the Prehistoric Balearic Island

The Talayotic Menorca, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023, offers a captivating glimpse into the rich cultural history of the prehistoric communities that inhabited the island of Menorca in the western Mediterranean Sea. These archaeological sites, nestled within agro-pastoral landscapes, provide an exceptional testimony to the occupation of the island spanning from the Bronze Age (1600 BCE) to the Late Iron Age (123 BCE).

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UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site

Located on the island of Menorca in the western Mediterranean Sea, these archaeological sites are situated in agro-pastoral landscapes. A testimony to the occupation of the island by prehistoric communities, these sites display a diversity of prehistoric settlements and burial places. The materials, forms and locations of structures dating from the Bronze Age (1600 BCE) to the Late Iron Age (123 BCE) show the evolution of a “cyclopean” architecture built with very large blocks of stone. Astronomical orientations and visual interconnections between prehistoric structures indicate networks with possible cosmological meanings.

Encyclopedia Record: Talaiotic culture

The Talaiotic culture or Talaiotic period is the name used to describe the society that existed on the Gymnesian Islands during the Iron Age. Its origins date from the end of the second millennium BC, when the inaccurately named Pre-Talaiotic Culture underwent a crisis and evolved into the Talaiotic Culture. Its name is derived from the talaiots, which are the most abundant and emblematic structures from the prehistoric period of the Balearic Islands.

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