Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic
Bronze Age (1600–1100 BCE navetas via copper mine)·Bronze Age Balearic copper mining 1600 BCE galleries·🇪🇸 Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Llucmajor-Berrow mining zone? Ibiza copper unknown small, Spain
About
About Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic
Closos mine copper 1600 BCE. Recorded context — Period: Bronze Age (1600–1100 BCE navetas via copper mine); Culture: Bronze Age Balearic copper mining 1600 BCE galleries; Field status: unexcavated; Materials: copper ore, hammer stones; Condition: rust — collapsed.
Why it mattersKey Bronze Age Balearic copper mining 1600 BCE galleries mine with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Ceremonial 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. 1600 BCE galleries
- Period
- Bronze Age (1600–1100 BCE navetas via copper mine)
- Culture
- Bronze Age Balearic copper mining 1600 BCE galleries
- Purpose
- Balearic copper mine — 1600 BCE gallery system 25 m with hammer stone piles on hill near Can Gaià proto-naveta
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1881
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 1500 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic
c. 1600 BCE galleries
Initial construction / first occupation at Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic
1950 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic
On the ground
Structures & features
39.4120° N · 3.2110° E · 42 m · 4 mapped features
- Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic — hydraulic feature39.4104° N · 3.2122° E
- Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic — Complex Annex 2complexcomplex at Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic — hydraulic feature39.4103° N · 3.2128° E
- Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic — Southern Rock Artrock artrock art at Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic — subsidiary complex39.4115° N · 3.2102° E
- Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic — Structure Annex 4structurestructure at Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic — primary structure39.4107° N · 3.2090° E