The 14 C Chronology of the Son Mas Sanctuary Site (Valldemosa, Mallorca, Spain)

Bibliographic Data

ID9243237
AuthorsMark J Y Van Strydonck, William H Waldren, Veerle Hendrix
Year1997
Volume40
Issue2
Pages735-748
Publication date1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRadiocarbon (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0033822200018683
OpenAlexW2460520203
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

With >40 14 C dates, mainly on bones and charcoal, the site at Son Mas is the only megalithic sanctuary on the Balearic Islands that has been dated by 14 C in detail. Although soil erosion made stratigraphy difficult and the monument was cleaned out regularly during its long use, the results demonstrate that the site was occupied from the Pretalayotic (Chalcolithic) until the Roman period. The aim of this study was not only to date the construction and the use of the sanctuary, but also to correlate this monument, by means of dispersion diagrams, with the other prehistoric sites situated within the same valley. The dates were also used to compare the site with the generally accepted chronology of the Balearic archipelago (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera)

Archaeology · Archipelago · Balearic islands · Bronze Age · Cartography · Chalcolithic · Chronology · Geography · Megalith · Outcrop · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Tectonics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Stratigraphy