Ses Païsses — Artà Talayot Cliff Fort Menor? Actually Mallorca walled Village with Horseshoe Portal
Talayotic (1300 BCE early naveta S'Hospitalet to 650 BCE enclosing wall 360 m; Post-Talayotic 500 BCE)·Talayotic Mallorca Artà (Ses Païsses talayotic village 9000 m² walled 360 m perimeter 3 m high with horseshoe portal 3.5 m)·🇪🇸 Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Artà, Ses Païsses plain, near Artà north coast, wall 360 m × 374 m preserved, Spain
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About Ses Païsses — Artà Talayot Cliff Fort Menor? Actually Mallorca walled Village with Horseshoe Portal
Ses Païsses Artà 650 wall 360 m. Recorded context — Period: Talayotic (1300 BCE early naveta S'Hospitalet to 650 BCE enclosing wall 360 m; Post-Talayotic 500 BCE); Culture: Talayotic Mallorca Artà (Ses Païsses talayotic village 9000 m² walled 360 m perimeter 3 m high with horseshoe portal 3.5 m); Field status: excavated; Materials: Cyclopean wall 2.5 m blocks, Talayot truncated cone, horseshoe portal trilith 4 m lintel 3 t; Condition: preserved — UNESCO pending.
Why it mattersKey Talayotic Mallorca Artà (Ses Païsses talayotic village 9000 m² walled 360 m perimeter 3 m high with horseshoe portal 3.5 m) megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- 1300 BCE naveta? 900 BCE talayot inside Talayotic; 650 BCE wall 360 m with horseshoe portal
- Period
- Talayotic (1300 BCE early naveta S'Hospitalet to 650 BCE enclosing wall 360 m; Post-Talayotic 500 BCE)
- Culture
- Talayotic Mallorca Artà (Ses Païsses talayotic village 9000 m² walled 360 m perimeter 3 m high with horseshoe portal 3.5 m)
- Purpose
- Mallorca's best-preserved Talayotic walled village (360 m wall 3 m thick with 4 m horseshoe portal and Talayot 10 m high central) — 360 m cyclical 600 ha hinterland of Artà hinterland exemplar Talayotic Menorca eco UNESCO
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1932
- Excavation
- Excavated
1300 BCE naveta? 900 BCE talayot inside Talayotic; 650 BCE wall 360 m with horseshoe portal
Initial construction / first occupation at Ses Païsses — Artà Talayot Cliff Fort Menor? Actually Mallorca walled Village with Horseshoe Portal
2005 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Ses Païsses — Artà Talayot Cliff Fort Menor? Actually Mallorca walled Village with Horseshoe Portal
On the ground
Structures & features
39.6930° N · 3.3480° E · 95 m · 3 mapped features
- Ses Païsses — Artà Talayot Cliff Fort Menor? Actually Mallorca walled Village with Horseshoe Portal — Principal Standing Stonestanding stonestanding stone at Ses Païsses — Artà Talayot Cliff Fort Menor? Actually Mallorca walled Village with Horseshoe Portal — primary structure39.6944° N · 3.3466° E
- Ses Païsses — Artà Talayot Cliff Fort Menor? Actually Mallorca walled Village with Horseshoe Portal — Northern Chamberchamberchamber at Ses Païsses — Artà Talayot Cliff Fort Menor? Actually Mallorca walled Village with Horseshoe Portal — outlier feature39.6928° N · 3.3488° E
- Ses Païsses — Artà Talayot Cliff Fort Menor? Actually Mallorca walled Village with Horseshoe Portal — Southern Cairncairncairn at Ses Païsses — Artà Talayot Cliff Fort Menor? Actually Mallorca walled Village with Horseshoe Portal — hydraulic feature39.6934° N · 3.3460° E
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