Dating Prehistoric Fortified Coastal Sites in the Balearic Islands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9244501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Montserrat Anglada (0000-0002-5223-0014), Antoni Ferrer (0000-0001-7534-229X), Damià Ramis, Magdalena Salas (0000-0001-5487-6495), Mark Van Strydonck (0000-0002-9074-4526), María José León (0000-0003-3931-8094), Lluís Plantalamor |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1251-1262 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Radiocarbon (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/rdc.2017.51 |
| OpenAlex | W2754772081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 5 |
A special type of coastal settlement, promontory forts defended by inland-facing walls, appeared in the Balearic Islands in an imprecise time during the Bronze Age. A research project was initiated in 2011 to study one of these sites on each of the two major islands of the archipelago. The first one, Es Coll de Cala Morell (north Menorca), is a walled promontory with a relatively large plateau, with 13 horseshoe-shaped houses ( navetes ). The second, Sa Ferradura (east Mallorca), is a smaller coastal cape, with a different spatial planning, with only two large built-up areas, both attached to the enclosure wall. Two of the navetes have been excavated at Es Coll de Cala Morell, showing a domestic space with a central hearth in both cases. The occupation has been dated to around 1600–1200 cal BC. At Sa Ferradura seven hearths have been recorded in a large, open-air area. Their chronology falls within the interval of approximately 1200/1100–900 cal BC. From a chronological point of view, fortified settlements in coastal promontories are not, as was expected, a unitary phenomenon in Menorca and Mallorca and have to be related to different cultural periods
Archaeology · Archipelago · Balearic islands · Cartography · Geography · Hearth · Physical geography · Prehistory · Promontory · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Geology · Oceanography
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 1.83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |