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  • Archaeologists return to prehistoric sanctuaries on island of Menorca, Spain

    06/05/2015 1:33:00 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 7 replies
    Popular Archaeology ^ | Tue, Jun 02, 2015 | editors
    After nearly 30 years, a team of archaeologists will be returning once again to the site of So na Cacana on the island of Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, to renew investigations of a prehistoric sanctuary complex that archaeologists believe represented the remains of the Talaiotic Culture , a prehistoric culture that flourished, particularly on the islands of Majorca and Menorca, during the 1st Millenium BCE... The ancient settlement remains are located about six km away from the municipality of Alaior. The site features a tower-like monument resembling a large rectangular talaiot (Bronze Age megalithic structure) at the highest point of...