Puig de sa Morisca Archaeological Park

Archaeologic mound in Puig de sa Morisca Archaeological Park, Nova Santa Ponsa, Mallorca, Spain.

The Puig de sa Morisca Archaeological Park is an archaeological park located in Santa Ponsa in the municipality of Calvià on the island of Majorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Puig de sa Morisca (translation: "Moorish Peak") is a hilly mountain, and in 2002, it was preserved as an archaeological park. It is 35 hectares in size and open to the public. The park contains more than 15 sites and nine architectural elements that are of ethnologically interesting. One of these sites, the Son Ferrer tomb, was excavated from 2000 through 2009,[1] a joint project of the University of the Balearic Islands, University of Barcelona, and University of Valencia.[2] In addition, it includes Balearic flora found within a 10 km (6.2 mi) radius.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Gutiérrez, Lorenzo (8 April 2009). "Calvià recupera el Túmulo de Son Ferrer con fondos de la Unión Europea". diariodemallorca.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Gimenez, P. (6 March 2003). "Las últimas excavaciones en el túmulo de Son Ferrer se iniciarán este mes". Diario Última Hora (in Spanish) (iespana.es). Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Mallorca: History and Archaelogy [sic] -- Puig de Sa Morisca Archaeological Park". illesbalears.es. Retrieved 26 June 2010.

Coordinates: 39°30′27″N 2°28′52″E / 39.5074°N 2.4811°E / 39.5074; 2.4811

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