Overview
- Researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona’s Arqueología Social Mediterránea report extensive Roman-period buildings at the long-studied Son Fornés site near Montuïri.
- Excavations have exposed roughly 5,000 square meters in a layout consistent with a planned Roman town grid.
- Finds include tegulae roof tiles, amphorae and fine tableware that point to high-status occupation in the Roman imperial period.
- The team proposes a match with one of Pliny the Elder’s Mallorcan towns, with some archaeologists favoring Tucis, though no identification is confirmed.
- Son Fornés preserves a settlement sequence of roughly 2,000 years, with digs ongoing since 1975 and finds curated at the local museum.