The Sant Agustí Vell Archaeological Project closed its fourth campaign of excavations with the presentation of the latest advances on November 6th. This settlement is known for the uniqueness of one of its talayots, “el talaiot de ses bigues de mata” or
the talayot of the wooden beams, which still shows its original wild olive wooden beams that are more than 3000 years old. These are the main results of this year’s campaign:
- The completion of excavations of the corridor that gives entrance to this emblematic construction. This corridor is now one meter deeper, bringing it down to the same level with the door.
- The excavation works in the front area of the building attached to the southern part of the same talayot. The main goal: to understand the relationship between these two constructions and their purpose.
- The discovery of pottery remains made by the Punics of Ibiza (5th to 2nd centuries B.C.) mixed with fragments of Talayotic pottery. This is the first testimony of the contact between the Talayotic and Phoenician cultures found at this site. In addition, the archaeologists have found seeds and remains of domestic fauna.
Damià Ramis and Ismael Moll, both of who oversee this project promoted by Associació Arqueologia i Patrimoni, explained that in the upcoming months the recovered remains will be studied to establish new interpretations of this settlement. Sant Agustí Vell is located in
Component 4, formed by the Talayotic settlements of the southern ravine area of Menorca. Among the nine territorial areas or components that make up the new candidacy of Talayotic Menorca, this is the one with the highest number of archaeological sites.