Prehistoric Mallorca |
5180BC |
Archaic Era. Earliest evidence of human presence on
the Island -the remains of a man-made fire, examples of microliths –chipped stone tools– small in size, and mounted in
wood. Cova del Canet. Esporles.
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4800BC |
Pretalayot also known as Neolithic. Settlements and burials in natural caves.
Flints and bones. Son Matge, Muleta |
3985BC |
The earliest human remains were found
in a cave at the bottom of a chimney which descended some 12 m. from the rocks above. Among the 2,000 Myotragus balearicus
that covered the ground were the bones of several settlers –shepherds or hunters, perhaps– who had fallen into the
same natural trap to share the fate of the Myotragus. |
2700 BC |
Attempted domestication of
Myotragus balearicus. Settlements and interments in caves. Flints, pottery –Son Matge |
2000 BC |
Early Bronze Age. Settlements in man-made
constructions. Collective graves –Son Bauló. Impressed ceramics –Son Matge, Son Ferrandell, ca na Cotxera,
Son Gallard. |
1600BC |
Middle Bronze. Settlements in navetas.
Interments in caves and in necropolis. Son Sunyer, Son Matge, Son Marroig, Son Oms (1400 BC)
Cala San Vicente–impressed ceramics, bone, bronze copper |
1300 BC |
Talayot Era and Late Bronze Age Isolated talayots. Interment by burial
the stepped talayot at Pula (1010 BC), Son Matge, Son Serralta, Son Real Necropolis –bronze (swords, axes, knives,
spears). Walled settlements. Burials.Ses Paisses, S'Illot –bronze, bone, ceramics |
1200-1100 BC |
Attached rooms. Burials in foetal position
with lime. Ses Paísses, S'Illot, Son Oms, Son Real Necropolis –iron, bronze, glass |
480BC |
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400BC |
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310BC |
Pottery made on a wheel. |
280BC |
Punic Colonisation |
230BC |
Hannibal pressgangs mercenaries from the Island |
123BC |
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