The Vall Salina: More than 6500 years of Halite Exploitation. Cardona, the Salt of History
Résumé
This paper is a synthesis of the work done in the Vall Salina, especially the excavations in 2007 and 2008, which shows that
the exploitation of the salt of Cardona has been uninterrupted for 6500 years, from the Neolithic today. This work is the
result of the participation of archaeologists, historians, geologists, geographers, biologists, physicists and architects. The Vall
Salina is located in the town of Cardona (Catalonia), a space of almost 2 km long and 0.2 to 0.7 km wide. The valley is oriented
from southeast to northwest. It is located between the Castle and the village to the north and the “la Serra de la Sal” in the
South. To the southwest is located the diapir of the salt mountain. This diapir is unique in all of Western Europe. The outdoor
exploitation (terraces exploitation system) was the system that was used until the early twentieth century, when underground
exploitation (exploitation wells and galleries) began. In this paper, we analyse the evolution of the production system running
from exploitation of common property resources 6500 years ago to a controlled operation from the final Neolithic-Chalcolithic.
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