Seminar on the conservation and protection of archaeological heritage. The archaeologist Carmen Lara Astiz will give the conference ‘El territorio en la prehistoria de Menorca, un paisaje actual’.

Discover the prehistory of Menorca and the secrets of Torralba through a unique experience. Every Thursday and Friday in July, August and September.

An experience organized by Nurarq that combines archaeoastronomy and archeology at an incredible site: the Talayotic settlement of Son Catlar. Photo: Antoni Cladera.

Amics del Museu de Menorca is organising a visiting day at Torralba d'en Salort, so that the team of researchers can show and explain the work carried out during the 2024 campaign, the third dedicated to the excavation and restoration project of the ‘post-medieval’ building at the site.  

‘Talayotic Menorca, a world heritage in a constant process of research’ is the title of the course that the Universitat Catalana d'Estiu is dedicating this year to our prehistoric heritage. Organised by the Institut Menorquí d'Estudis, the course is coordinated by Amalia Pérez Juez and Antoni Ferrer, director of the Talayotic Menorca Agency.  

The celebration events will be spread over different weekends, beginning on September 20 with an institutional event in Trepucó. This will be followed by two concerts by Marco Mezquida on September 28 and 29, and will end with a programme of activities for the whole family on October 5 in Son Catlar and October 6 in Trepucó.

The Becatalaiotica 2024 programme kicks off on September 28 in Talatí de Dalt with a calendar of five events spread over the months of September, October and November. As usual, the different sites of Talayotic Menorca will become open-air stages where the five finalists will present their proposals.

The excavation campaign at Sa Mitja Lluna came to an end on 30 August, marking an important milestone in the archaeological research of this prehistoric mining site. This campaign is the first of the second five-year project led by the ArqueoUIB group in collaboration with the University of Seville.

This month we interview Alex Smith, Associate Professor of Anthropology at SUNY Brockport. Since 2020, Alex is the co-director of the Menorca Archaeological Project with Amalia Pérez-Juez, excavating medieval domestic structures at Torre d’en Galmés.

This morning the co-directors of the project, Borja Corral and Carlos de Salort, presented the results of the campaign accompanied by the director of Cultural Affairs, Jaume Reurer, and the director of Torralba, Rafael Durán. 

Mezquida will present his composition "Talaiot" for the first time in Menorca: on September 28 at the Teatre des Born in Ciutadella, and on September 29 at the Teatre Principal de Maó. Tickets will be available at the usual sales channels of each theatre from August 28.  

This grant will be used entirely for two excavation, restoration and consolidation projects in two of the publicly-owned settlements: Torre d'en Galmés and Son Catlar. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs has approved the processing of a 461,000-euro subsidy to the Consell Insular de Menorca.

In their latest study, published in the prestigious journal Zephyrus, archaeologists Cristina Bravo, Irene Riudavets and Antoni Ferrer reveal new findings in the taula enclosure of the Talayotic settlement of Sa Cudia Cremada, in Maó.

Amics del Museu de Menorca has presented the results of the 2024 campaign at Torre d'en Galmés. The team has continued excavating one of the domestic structures of the complex, known as ‘Structure 1’, where they have discovered how the dwelling sits on a series of silos dug into the rock.  

The Menorca Talayotic Agency and Radio Menorca-SER are launching today, 19 July, the first chapter of the podcast ‘Menorca Talayotic’, a series in Spanish in ten chapters about the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The aim is to continue the dissemination of Talayotic Menorca among the general public.  

The Menorca Archaeological Project (MAP) 2024 campaign, which ended this week, has continued with the aim of deepening the diachronic study of the habitat in Torre d'en Galmés. For a month, the researchers have focused on the excavation of a large house of the 13th century Andalusian farmhouse, known as SPU 7.

The Talayotic Menorca Agency makes available to the public this short documentary on the inscriptions found in this sanctuary of the necropolis of Calescoves. Produced by archaeologist Bruno Parés, it includes 3D documentation of these Roman inscriptions.

The Scientific Council and the Social Council of the Talayotic Menorca Agency met this morning to renew their members. In addition, the two representatives of each of these bodies on the Governing Council were chosen; the director of the agency presented the management plan; and the president of the agency and conseller of Cultural Affairs explained what the future Interpretation Centre of Talayotic Menorca will be like.  

This June we interviewed Llorenç Picornell, archaeologist and researcher of the ArqueoUIB research group of the Department of Historical Sciences and Theory of the Arts of the Universitat de les Illes Balears. He is a specialist in anthracology, which focuses on the analysis of the remains of wood and charcoal recovered in archaeological contexts.

"Talayotic culture and world heritage" is the title of the new course that the UNED will be offering from July 1 to 3. We will observe this cultural heritage from a current perspective, also considering the new methodologies applied in the study. It can be followed online or in person.