Ses Talaies de Can Xim

The talayots of Can Xim, also called the talayots of Cas Canar and known in Catalan as Ses Talaies de Can Xim, are two talayots in the municipality of Sencelles, on the island of Mallorca in the Balearic archipelago, Spain. They are dated to the Iron Age and belong to the Talayotic culture. The catalogue gives a broad typological estimate of 1600 to 123 BCE.

The two buildings stand a little under 18 m apart on a small height overlooking an agricultural plain, 300 m south of the Talayotic village of Cas Canar. The talayots of Binifat and Son Fred lie a little over 1,500 m to the east and 2,500 m to the north. Both talayots are quadrangular, about 11 m on a side, with a preserved height of about 2.80 m.

The north talayot is the better preserved but has not been excavated. Its entrance is in the north-west, whereas the talayots of Mallorca generally face south-west or south-east, and it is a fine lintelled doorway 2 m high and 1.80 m wide. The inside is filled with earth and stones and overgrown with vegetation, and a stone visible at the centre may be the top of the central column.

The interior of the south talayot has been cleared. It shows a central column built of several stones, which carried a roof of timber beams and stone slabs. Two annexes of equal size, each about 10 m long, 3 m wide and 2 m high, were built against the south facade on either side of the door. The eastern one is divided into two spaces by an internal wall.

Excavation of the south talayot by J. Aramburu-Zabala gave three dates. The timbers of the roof were dated to between 901 and 841 BCE, and a herbivore bone found in the central room is earlier than 530 BCE. He concluded that the south talayot was built by the people of the nearby village in the first half of the ninth century BCE. The finds do not support domestic use, and the building seems to have served ritual and ceremonial purposes until before the end of the sixth century BCE. The west annex may belong to that first use, while the east annex seems later. The north talayot is probably of the same period, since its architecture is similar.

Ses Talaies de Can Xim is a talayot in Sencelles, Spain. A typological estimate: 1600 BCE to 123 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the French article "Talayots de Can Xim", shown in the original language.