Capocorb Vell — Llucmajor Five Talayots Clumped Plain

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Why it mattersKey Talayotic Mallorca's largest 5-talayot clumped village 7000 m² megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.

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Built

c. 1100 BCE central talayot; 800 BCE peripheral 4

Period

Talayotic (1100 BCE early central talayot 9 m; late 800–600 BCE five talayots cluster; Post-Talayotic 500–100 BCE houses)

Culture

Talayotic Mallorca's largest 5-talayot clumped village 7000 m²

Purpose

Five talayots in 110 m zone (central 9 m diameter 7 m high square, 4 circular 8 m) with 28 houses — Mallorca largest Talayotic 5-cluster measuring 7000 m² with Copper age earlier

Rediscovered

Modern excavation 1876

Excavation

Excavated

1. c. 1100 BCE central talayot; 800 BCE peripheral 4

   Initial construction / first occupation at Capocorb Vell — Llucmajor Five Talayots Clumped Plain

2. c. 400 BCE major extension

   Major expansion / refurbishment at Capocorb Vell — Llucmajor Five Talayots Clumped Plain

3. 1970 excavation

   Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Capocorb Vell — Llucmajor Five Talayots Clumped Plain

• Capocorb Vell — Llucmajor Five Talayots Clumped Plain — Principal Standing Stone

  standing stone

  standing stone at Capocorb Vell — Llucmajor Five Talayots Clumped Plain — subsidiary complex

  39.4009° N · 2.8235° E

• Capocorb Vell — Llucmajor Five Talayots Clumped Plain — Chamber Annex 2

  chamber

  chamber at Capocorb Vell — Llucmajor Five Talayots Clumped Plain — outlier feature

  39.4014° N · 2.8230° E

• Capocorb Vell — Llucmajor Five Talayots Clumped Plain — Cairn Annex 3

  cairn

  cairn at Capocorb Vell — Llucmajor Five Talayots Clumped Plain — hydraulic feature

  39.4019° N · 2.8258° E