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The Vall Salina: More than 6500 years of Halite Exploitation. Cardona, the Salt of History

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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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hal-04193400 , version 1 (01-09-2023)

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Alfons Fíguls Alonso, Olivier Weller, Thomas Schumacher, Mireia Martinez, Raul Segarra, et al.. The Vall Salina: More than 6500 years of Halite Exploitation. Cardona, the Salt of History. Mirrors of Salt, Archaeopress, pp.169-180, 2023. ⟨hal-04193400⟩
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