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Puigpunyent 
Summary
Puigpunyent (Catalan pronunciation: [putʃ.puˈɲent], locally [puj.puˈɲent]) is a municipality in western Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
Puigpunyent | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Map of Puigpunyent in Mallorca | |
  Puigpunyent Location in Majorca  Puigpunyent Puigpunyent (Balearic Islands)  Puigpunyent Puigpunyent (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 39°37′N 2°31′E / 39.617°N 2.517°E | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Balearic Islands |
| Province | Balearic Islands |
| Comarca | Sierra de Tramontana |
| Judicial district | Palma de Mallorca |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Joan Ferrà Martorell |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42.31 km2 (16.34 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 258 m (846 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,967 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Archaeological Significance edit
In 1950, historian and archaeologist Guillem Rossello Bordoy excavated an archaeological site known as the Talaiot del Serral de ses Abelles, a Bronze Age megalith, in Puigpunyent.[2]
In 2019, Jaume Deya and Pablo Galera identified a Bronze Age sword at the Talaiot.[3] Specialists believe that the weapon was made near the end of the Talaiotic culture's prevalence, dated to be approximately 3,200 years old. The sword has since been put on display at the nearby Majorca Museum.[4]
References edit
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Ribas, Jose Vicente Jimenez (2019-02-03). "Serral de ses Abelles". Baleares Antigua (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ Sureda, Pau; Deyà, Jaume; Galera, Pablo; Murillo-Barroso, Mercedes; Salvà-Simonet, Bartomeu (December 2021). "Emblematic objects for societies in transition. An archaeological and archaeometric study of the sword of Serral de ses Abelles (Puigpunyent, Mallorca)". Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 40: 103201. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103201. hdl:10261/257546. ISSN 2352-409X.
- ^ Margaritoff, Marco (2019-09-20). "3,200-Year-Old Bronze Age Sword Unearthed On Spanish Island Of Mallorca". All That's Interesting. Retrieved 2019-10-30.