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<< Text Pages >> Son Oleza - Ancient Village or Settlement in Spain in Balearic Isles (Mallorca / Majorca)

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Multi-periodSite Name: Son Oleza Alternative Name: Son Ferrandell
Country: Spain
NOTE: This site is 6.191 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Balearic Isles (Mallorca / Majorca) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
 Nearest Village: Valldemossa
Latitude: 39.705118N  Longitude: 2.583390E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Ancient Settlement in Mallorca

The archaeology series Time Team visited Mallorca in 1998 in pursuit of the Beaker people, an enigmatic culture thought by some to have been responsible for the introduction of metal work into Britain. The team worked on the three main sites of The Maze, the Son Mas sanctuary, and the San Oleza Beaker settlement.

There are two talayots here, the other is at 39.706620, 2.585318.
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 1.7km ENE 61° The Maze, Mallorca Ancient Village or Settlement
 2.0km ENE 60° Son Mas* Ancient Temple
 16.4km SSE 159° Museu de Mallorca* Museum
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Re: Son Oleza by bjohas on Friday, 28 April 2017
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I think this entry isn't quite correct - the coordinates point at the nearby talayots, not at the Son Oleza village featured in the programme. I've mapped the sites in OpenStreetMap http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7199715 which has the different locations marked.

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Megalithic Dolmen at Son Oleza by davidmorgan on Sunday, 07 February 2016
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Only seven dolmens are known in the Balearics (Mallorca and Menorca) and the Pityoussa Group (Ibiza and Formenterra) and only two of these have radiocarbon dating, circa 1750 cal BC to 1550 cal BC. The new structure, the Dolmen of Son Oleza, according to recent findings is the oldest example so far dated. A recent series of nine radiocarbon dates and two earlier analyses cover a period of circa 2200 cal BC to circa 1800 cal BC. The Olezian Dolmen is also the first to have yielded abundant Bell Beaker pottery and associated artefacts. It also reveals geological and architectural characteristics that are unlike other local dolmens, characteristics that by dating and artefact evidence identify it as a possible Balearic prototype. Furthermore, the Olezian Dolmen’s location close to the Chalcolithic Old Settlement of Son Oleza, where identical dates and artefacts have been found, strongly suggests this settlement’s contemporaneity and direct association with the Dolmen. This aspect, along with the other emerging evidence, is completely new to the question of Balearic dolmens, giving us fresh insight as to their chronology, function and socio-religious importance and significance.

A New Megalithic Dolmen from the Balearic Island of Mallorca: Its Radiocarbon Dating and Artefacts by W. Waldren.

More at A 2000 A.D. Review of 2000 B.C. by W. Waldren.
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