AUTHOR=Olesti Oriol , Morera Jordi , Oller Joan , Carrasco Jose M. , Colominas Lídia , Portillo Marta , Berrocal Anna , Lopez-Bultó Oriol , Obea Laura , Tarifa Nadia , Tárraga Paula , Sisa-López de Pablo Joaquim , Messana Chiara 

TITLE=The exploitation of mountain natural resources during the Iron Age in the Eastern Pyrenees: the case study of production unit G at Tossal de Baltarga (Bellver de Cerdanya, Lleida, Spain)

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology

VOLUME=Volume 3 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-archaeology/articles/10.3389/fearc.2024.1347394

DOI=10.3389/fearc.2024.1347394

ISSN=2813-432X

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 completely destroyed by fire in the second half of the 3rd c. BC., preserving in certain areas an important volume of archaeological and bioarchaeological material. This is the case of Building G, a twostorey construction whose violent blaze has offered the possibility of analysing 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.