The Cova des Pas cave is a necropolis that was utilised by a Late Bronze Age community (1200-800 BC). Found within an inaccessible wall of the Trebalúger ravine, it led to the discovery of at least 70 interred individuals in a forced fetal position, wrapped in shrouds and tied with braids and ropes made of plant fibres.
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More information: The cave was unintentionally found in 2005 by a group of speleologists, who upon entering the cave discovered carved wooden elements and a skull with hair remains.
The Cova des Pas led to one of the most important finds of recent times, thanks to the extraordinary state of preservation of the materials found, which due to their own nature, have been atypically well conserved.
The cave was excavated by a team of researchers from the University of Barcelona, the University of the Balearic Islands and the Island Council of Menorca, unearthing evidence of the existence of a variant in the funerary rites of the Early Talayotic period.
The cave’s own microclimate facilitated the conservation of the materials, that under normal circumstances have not been documented from other sites in this region of the Mediterranean, such as the remains of fibres, oxhides, or biological human elements like the remains of brain, pulmonary pleura, muscle fibre or faeces.