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=3 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 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.