Figure 1: Location of the sites in realtion to the main port
Posted on 05/15/2013 8:18:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Cape of Cavalleria on the northern coast of Menorca provides a natural shelter for the port of Sanitja from the northern and northeastern winds. This natural port was first occupied as a military camp during the Roman conquest of the Balearic Islands by General Metelus between 123 and 121 BCE, and the harbour settlement grew over the following centuries.
In 1996 the formal study of this area began, revealing one of the most important archaeological sites on the island of Menorca. The initial work between 1996 and 2008, revealed that the military camp had an unexpectedly long occupation of almost 70 years, until it was abandoned around 45 BCE. At this point, the veteran soldiers, merchants and locals started living in a ramshackle settlement that developed slowly into a new city called Sanisera, mentioned first by Pliny the Elder in the 1st century CE.
Even though the exact limits of the Roman city are yet to be determined, both N4 and N6 would have been located outside the walls, following the Roman legal requirement regarding placement of cemeteries outwith areas of occupation...
Even though amphora burials were widely used in Late Roman necropoles between the 3rd and the 5th centuries CE, this practice fell into disuse in the 6th century CE...
(Excerpt) Read more at pasthorizonspr.com ...
Figure 1: Location of the sites in realtion to the main port
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Just sayin’ thanks to you and all those who ping you to these interesting stuffs.
Gives me something to do while waiting for my next rage fix on Stupid Obama Tricks, and I often manage to get a bit o’ learnin’ in too.
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Thanks for posting this.
The ancients got zapped from arthritis too.
My pleasure, and Thanks for the kind remarks!
Just sayin’ thanks to you and all those who ping you to these interesting stuffs.
Gives me something to do while waiting for my next rage fix on Stupid Obama Tricks, and I often manage to get a bit o’ learnin’ in too.
Thanks for taking the time and effort to keep us all pinged up.
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I second that!
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