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Radiocarbon dating and talayots: the example of Son Ferrandell Oleza

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert Chapman
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 218, Reading RG6 2AA, UK
Mark Van Strydonck
Affiliation:
Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpalvinonian, Jubelpark 1, B-1040 Brussel, Belgium
William Waldren
Affiliation:
Baden Powell Quaternary Research Centre, 60 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PN, UK

Extract

Like the Sardinian nuraghi, which they closely resemble, the stone-built towers on the Balearic Islands known as talayots have been the subject of considerable research in recent years. The present paper analyses a series of radiocarbon dates from the Son Ferrandell Oleza settlement and discusses the implications for Balearic prehistory.

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1993

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