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The unique Balearic Megalithic 'Taulas' (Tables)

Paleolithic/Neolithic pre- Iberian lineal scripts found in the Taula complex of So Na Caçana (Menorca Island, Spain)

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ID2641004
AuthorsAntonio Arnaiz‐villena (0000-0002-4268-7520, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Antonio Arnaiz-Villena, Valentín Ruiz-Del-Valle (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Tomas Lledo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Year2025
Volume3
Issue23
Pages142-167
Publication date2025-02-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Modern Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1737-7374 • E-ISSN: 1737-8176
PublisherAfrican Journals Online (AJOL) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4314/ijma.v3i23.2
OpenAlexW4407560819
LanguageEN

Taulas (or Tables) are Megalithic unique monuments that are found only in Menorca Island (Balearic Is, Spain). Their construction age is uncertain but it is associated to Talayotic culture and it is assigned to the 1st millennium BC without solid objective bases: particularly when the only one similar structure found in the World are those of Gobekli Tepe in Antolia (Turkey) constructed about 10,000 years ago. In the present paper, we have found Paleolithic /Neolithic Lineal scripts in the East Taula recint of So Na Caçana Minorca megalithic complex It was established that one of the few cultural features that maintained these scripts in Megaliths, rocks and stones at least in Balearic Islands (Menorca), Iberia, Canary Islands and South Sahara for such a long time could be the Mother Godess religion. On the other hand, this Megalithic Lineal script could also be Iberian signary precursor: our studies suggest that some of these scripts were included later in the Iberia-Tartessian signary at least. We have used the Iberian relationship with live Basque language for proposed a simple translation of these Megalithic signs in the context of the Mother Godess religion. Finally, it is postulated that a 'green' Sahara migration of climate exiled people in the process of Sahara desertification after 10,000 years BC is responsible for many writing, language and genetic traits of the Mediterranean area, including Canary Islands and Balearic Archipelago, Also, So Na Caçana means in Menorca Island own language 'The property of the She-Hunter

Ancient history · Archaeology · Balearic islands · Cartography · Cave · Geography · Megalith · Middle Paleolithic · Scripting language · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Geology · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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