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talayot Archæol.|təˈlɑːjɒt|
[a. Cat. talaiot small watch-tower, ad. Arab. (Muslim Spain) ṭāli‘āt, pl. of ṭāli‘a watch-tower; cf. Arab. ṭalī‘a with similar meaning.]
A Bronze Age stone tower found in the Balearic Islands, usu. circular with a corbelled roof, used for residential or defensive purposes. Hence talaˈyotic a. Cf. nuragh.
1893Athenæum 2 Sept. 328/1 Like the Sardinian nuragh, the talayot is essentially a vaulted tower of extra-massive proportions. 1927Daily Tel. 12 July 5/4 The Talayots are round mounds, which appear to have served as sepulchres. 1932M. Murray Cambr. Excav. in Minorca: Trapuco i. 6 Taulas are always found in connection with talayots, circular buildings of rough masonry. 1939V. F. Childe Dawn Europ. Civilization (ed. 3) xiv. 249 There is no obvious break between the ‘Copper Age’ culture represented in the rock-cut tombs and that represented in the ‘talayots’. 1950Antiquity XXIV. 154 ‘Taulas’..occur in association with the strong circular towers known as ‘talayots’. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIX. 279/1 In the Balearic Isles the Bronze Age corresponds to the 2nd millennium BC and is designated ‘talayotic’ from the name of the talayot, a megalithic monument in the form of a round or quadrangular tower. 1979Service & Bradbery Megaliths vii. 131 In Majorca, the talayotic site called Ses Paisses..includes a central talayot tower, outer walls and four megalithic gateways around the dwellings in the enclosure. |