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An island decides: megalithic burial rites on Menorca

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sylvia Gili
Affiliation:
1*Department of Prehistory, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain (Email: Silvia.Gili@uab.cat)
Vicente Lull
Affiliation:
2*Email: lubio@arrakis.es
Rafael Micó
Affiliation:
3*Email: rafamip@terra.es
Cristina Rihuete
Affiliation:
4**Son Fornés Museum (Mallorca), E-07230 Montuïri, Mallorca, Spain (Email: cristina@sonfornes.mallorca.museum)
Roberto Risch
Affiliation:
5*Email: Robert.Risch@uab.es

Extract

Recent research including 781 radiocarbon dates and the excavation of Ses Arenes de Baix, has allowed a new review of the sequence of megalithic burial practice on Menorca. Rock-cut tombs, dolmens, caves with entrance-works and the famous boat-shaped houses and tombs (navetes) are placed in overlapping chronological order. The authors suggest that, while aware of contemporary developments on the continent, the Bronze Age islanders absorbed immigrants and made their own local choices of memorial architecture.

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Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2006

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