Ca’n Fanals: An Old Farm Sitting above an Older Necropolis

Ca’n Fanals: An Old Farm Sitting above an Older Necropolis

Prior to Moorish settlement of old Pollèntia and continuing into the construction of medieval  Alcúdia, the necropolis that served Pollèntia into Christian antiquity was covered and lost. At some point, the soil above the cemetery was deep enough to become attractive...
Iglesia de Sant Jaume in Alcúdia

Iglesia de Sant Jaume in Alcúdia

Visible from most points in the Pollèntia excavation site, the Iglesia de Sant Jaume was completed in 1893, on the site of an earlier church dating to the fourteenth century. The original structure collapsed in 1870 and was replaced by the current Gothic church...
Mapping the Necropolis in Pol•lèntia

Mapping the Necropolis in Pol•lèntia

Pollèntia Directors Miguel Cao and Esther Chávez gave the UP Team three tasks for Week One of the expedition: 1) survey the old farm Ca’n Fanals, site of the Roman era necropolis, and tie the survey to known control points for the current excavations; 2) create...
Excavation of the Roman City of Pollèntia

Excavation of the Roman City of Pollèntia

Quintus Caecilius Metellus founded Pollèntia as a strategic Roman outpost on the Balearic Island of Mallorca in 123 BCE. By the third century CE, Pollèntia had become a major urban colonia with an area of about 20 hectares. Infrastructure included housing, a forum...