Capocorb, one of the most monumental sites
The prehistoric settlement of Capocorb Vell worth a visit. One of the most monumental archaeological sites of Mallorca, and is part of the Talayotic culture. It is the best known exponent of the Bronze Age. Its ruins are visited, spanned a half mile, where there are four circular talayots, three squares and a tomb talayots, all lined up around, and there is another circular talayot ??out of alignment
At the time of visit to know that what we see now is not the town itself, but the evolution of its ceremonial center annex. The talayot ??village, the early first millennium BC C. (Iron Age), should be between talayot ??near the current entry (the only one who is not aligned with others) and two farm houses we see on both sides of the road. In surface surveys found many fragments of pottery talayótica, scarce moving away to the ruins today.
The megaliths of the Balearic Islands (taulas, navetas talaiots) is a phenomenon with its own characteristics that make a particular event named: Talayotic culture, which developed in the Bronze Age from the last centuries of the millennium II a. JC. to Roman rule.Its name derives from the talayots, popular name given the large towers and watchtowers built with cyclopean blocks of stone that protected the settlements.
The talayot ??is a type of dry stone construction made large and diverse forms. The general structure of a talayot ??is: a central chamber, an access corridor and a column (which can sometimes fail) to hold the cover. These stone buildings were used as defensive bastions, as watchmen for the visual control of a territory and as a public gathering centers within which activities were carried out economic and political order.