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This chapter examines the impact of salt exploitation in Cardona on the Neolithic communities of the Central Catalan Depression (4200–3300 BC). This period marks the transition from a subsistence economy based on hunting and gathering to one centered on food production, with salt emerging as a vital resource. The Vall Salina of Cardona, exploited since 4200 BC, enabled local communities to specialize in halite mining and the production of polished lithic tools. These specializations facilitated the efficient use of natural resources, serving both essential and prestige-related needs. The Vall Salina provides insight into the control of raw material sources and the tools associated with sedentary life, such as polished stone axes. Moreover, it demonstrates how salt exploitation fostered an economic model that shaped local communities, integrating them into long-distance exchange networks. This chapter also explores how salt mining transformed the social and economic structures of Catalan Neolithic communities, establishing a development model centered on the management and exchange of natural resources, with salt playing a pivotal role in these dynamics.

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The Open-Pit Salt Mine in the Vall Salina of Cardona Between 4200 and 3300 BC and the Socio-economic Transformations in the Communities of the Catalan Middle Neolithic

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    2025年

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  • Alfons Fíguls

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This chapter examines the impact of salt exploitation in Cardona on the Neolithic communities of the Central Catalan Depression (4200–3300 BC). This period marks the transition from a subsistence economy based on hunting and gathering to one centered on food production, with salt emerging as a vital resource. The Vall Salina of Cardona, exploited since 4200 BC, enabled local communities to specialize in halite mining and the production of polished lithic tools. These specializations facilitated the efficient use of natural resources, serving both essential and prestige-related needs. The Vall Salina provides insight into the control of raw material sources and the tools associated with sedentary life, such as polished stone axes. Moreover, it demonstrates how salt exploitation fostered an economic model that shaped local communities, integrating them into long-distance exchange networks. This chapter also explores how salt mining transformed the social and economic structures of Catalan Neolithic communities, establishing a development model centered on the management and exchange of natural resources, with salt playing a pivotal role in these dynamics.