New paper! Dr. Colominas collaborate in this interesting and media paper on the exploitation of mountain natural resources in the Pyrenees, with researchers from UAB, CSIC and IPHES:
Abstract:
The Iron Age site of Tossal de Baltarga (Bellver de Cerdanya) was a large Iberian residential complex occupying a strategic position in the middle of the Eastern Pyrenees. It was destroyed by fire in the second half of the 3rd century BCE, preserving an important volume of archaeological and bioarchaeological material in certain areas. This is the case of Building G, a two-story construction whose violent blaze has offered the possibility of analyzing a precise moment in the history of an Iron Age productive unit. The existence of a stable on the lower floor, where four sheep, a goat, and a horse were documented, and an upper floor, where textile production and storage were evidenced, allows us to analyse the complexity of the economic activities and exploitation of local resources, such as livestock, agriculture, forestry and mining.
Authors:
- 1Department of Antiquity and Middle Age Studies, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
- 2Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (ICAC-CERCA), Plaça d’en Rovellat, Tarragona, Spain
- 3Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Archaeology of Social Dynamics (2021SGR-501), Institució Milà i Fontanals, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
- 4Department of Prehistory, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
- 5Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Vorderasiatische Archäologie, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- 6Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES-CERCA), Tarragona, Spain
Links to the news:
https://www.ara.cat/cultura/uab-troben-noves-pistes-pas-exercit-annibal-cerdanya_1_5031535.html
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-reveal-iron-age-building-destroyed-violent-fire-1901519
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-devastating-years-moment-life-war.amp
