Sistemas de captación de agua en la prehistoria de Menorca: la cisterna del Círculo 6 de Torre d’en Galmés
[EN] Human settlements during prehistoric and historic times on the island of Menorca have been linked to the easy access to water supplies. Therefore, most of the pre-Talayotic (2300-1200 BCE) and Talayotic (1200-123 BCE) communities are found concentrated along the Migjorn Miocene platform compose...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/376465 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/376465 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85115847590 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Water collection Deposit Iron Age Talayotic Culture Captación de agua Cultura talayótica Depósito Edad del Hierro Menorca |
| Sumario: | [EN] Human settlements during prehistoric and historic times on the island of Menorca have been linked to the easy access to water supplies. Therefore, most of the pre-Talayotic (2300-1200 BCE) and Talayotic (1200-123 BCE) communities are found concentrated along the Migjorn Miocene platform composed of limestone and calca-renite that covers the southern half of the island. Several structures have been documented that relate to un-derground water collection and rainwater harvesting and storage, i.e. wells, systems for canalization, filtering and storing water in cisterns, puddles and natural or artificial storage pits. As part of an archaeological project to study domestic spaces in the Talayotic settlement of Torre d’en Galmés, a large prehistoric cistern —fallen into disuse after the 7th and 8th century CE— was excavated in 2016. This find has allowed us to evaluate the several options for water collection used in the settlement, and to relate this structure to the known architectural characteristics of the houses during this period —3rd and 2nd centuries BCE— and to other prehistoric and historic structures on the island of Menorca. |
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