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Los hallazgos de la Cueva de Es Pas de Ferrerías
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[spa] Se exponen las circunstancias que llevaron al descubrimiento y excavación de la cueva de Es Pas (Ferrerías), una cueva sepulcral de 3.000 años de antigüedad. La excepcionalidad de los restos arqueológicos hallados reside en la materia orgánica conservada, tanto humana (pelo, pulmones, cerebro, musculatura, coprolitos) como animal y vegetal (sudarios de cuero, dos parihuelas de madera, cuerdas de esparto...). Los restos de los 70 individuos identificados estaban depositados en el pequeño recinto, en posición fetal y envueltos con sudarios de cuero y atados con cuerdas, lo que certifica, por primera vez, el proceso post mórtem de este tipo de enterramientos.
[eng] We expose in this paper how the 3.000 years old burial cave named "Cova des Pas», in Ferreries, Minorca, was discovered ans excavated. Archaeological remains are exceptional because organic elements have been well preserved: human remains as hair, lung, brain, muscles and coproliths, but also animal skin, two wood stretchers and ropes. We have identified 70 individuals in the little space of the cave, all in fetal position, envelopped in animal skin and tied with ropes; it certifies, for the first time, the post mortem processus in this kind of burials.
[eng] We expose in this paper how the 3.000 years old burial cave named "Cova des Pas», in Ferreries, Minorca, was discovered ans excavated. Archaeological remains are exceptional because organic elements have been well preserved: human remains as hair, lung, brain, muscles and coproliths, but also animal skin, two wood stretchers and ropes. We have identified 70 individuals in the little space of the cave, all in fetal position, envelopped in animal skin and tied with ropes; it certifies, for the first time, the post mortem processus in this kind of burials.
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FULLOLA PERICOT, Josep M. (Josep Maria), et al. Los hallazgos de la Cueva de Es Pas de Ferrerías. Revista de Menorca. 2007. Vol. 90, num. 1, pags. 171-176. ISSN 0211-4550. [consulted: 11 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/122530