Axeritos — Balearic Taula Sanctuary Menorca Preisa
Talayotic Iron Age (1000–300 BCE taula peak 800 BCE)·Balearic Talayotic taula builders (Menorca)·🇪🇸 Balearic Islands, Menorca, near Ciutadella, Son Catlar and Torralba taulas 3.5 m, Spain
About
About Axeritos — Balearic Taula Sanctuary Menorca Preisa
Menorca taulas 3.8 m T-shape Talayotic iron. Recorded context — Period: Talayotic Iron Age (1000–300 BCE taula peak 800 BCE); Culture: Balearic Talayotic taula builders (Menorca); Field status: excavated; Materials: limestone T-taula, U enclosure wall Cyclopean 1.8 m; Condition: preserved UNESCO 1988? no 2023 Cycle Talayotic UNESCO.
Why it mattersKey Balearic Talayotic taula builders (Menorca) megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 800 BCE taula sanctuary
- Period
- Talayotic Iron Age (1000–300 BCE taula peak 800 BCE)
- Culture
- Balearic Talayotic taula builders (Menorca)
- Purpose
- Taula (T-shaped 3.80 m high capstone on pillar 3 m with U-shaped enclosure 10 m) — Menorca's Torralba triple-taula precinct
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1900
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 400 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Axeritos — Balearic Taula Sanctuary Menorca Preisa
c. 800 BCE taula sanctuary
Initial construction / first occupation at Axeritos — Balearic Taula Sanctuary Menorca Preisa
1990 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Axeritos — Balearic Taula Sanctuary Menorca Preisa
On the ground
Structures & features
39.9650° N · 3.8540° E · 75 m · 3 mapped features
- Axeritos — Balearic Taula Sanctuary Menorca Preisa — Principal Standing Stonestanding stonestanding stone at Axeritos — Balearic Taula Sanctuary Menorca Preisa — subsidiary complex39.9636° N · 3.8537° E
- Axeritos — Balearic Taula Sanctuary Menorca Preisa — Northern Chamberchamberchamber at Axeritos — Balearic Taula Sanctuary Menorca Preisa — subsidiary complex39.9639° N · 3.8533° E
- Axeritos — Balearic Taula Sanctuary Menorca Preisa — Southern Cairncairncairn at Axeritos — Balearic Taula Sanctuary Menorca Preisa — subsidiary complex39.9665° N · 3.8545° E