Las espadas de hierro de la necrópolis de Son Pellisser; avance preliminar

Abstract

This paper submits the iron swords from the necropolis of Son Pellisser (Calvia-Majorca). Although the materials that we find are numerous and still under research offer a preliminary study about three imported swords, found in burial objects, also their possible origin and way of introduction on the island. These weapons could be the first archaeological evidence that the Balearic mercenaries participated in the Wars of Sicily, between Carthaginians and Greeks, from the fifth century BC.