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Sistemas de captación de agua en la prehistoria de Menorca: la cisterna del Círculo 6 de Torre d’en Galmés

Authors: Salort Giménez, Carlos de; Corral García, Borja; Lara Astiz, Carmen; Pons Machado, Joaquín; Rodríguez Florit, Agustí; Robledo Ardila, Pedro Agustín;

Sistemas de captación de agua en la prehistoria de Menorca: la cisterna del Círculo 6 de Torre d’en Galmés

Abstract

[ES] Los asentamientos humanos en la prehistoria y en la historia de Menorca están ligados a la facilidad para obtener recursos hídricos. Por este motivo, la mayor parte de comunidades pretalayóticas (2300-1200 ANE) y talayóticas (1200-123 ANE) se concentran en la plataforma carbonática del Migjorn, formadas por calizas y calcarenitas miocenas que abarca la mitad sur de la isla. Se han documentado diferentes estructuras de capta-ción de agua del subsuelo y sistemas de captación y almacenamiento de aguas superficiales: pozos, sistemas de canalización, decantación y almacenaje en cisternas, charcas y cubetas artificiales o naturales. En el marco de un proyecto de excavación de espacios domésticos en el poblado talayótico de Torre d’en Galmés, en 2016, se excavó una gran cisterna prehistórica amortizada a partir de los siglos VII y VIII de nuestra era. Este hallazgo permite valorar las distintas posibilidades de captación del recurso hídrico en el poblado, relacionar la estruc-tura con las características arquitectónicas conocidas de las casas del periodo (siglos III -II ANE) y con otras estructuras prehistóricas e históricas similares en la isla.

[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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Cultura talayótica, Captación de agua, Menorca, Water collection, Deposit, Iron Age, Edad del Hierro, Talayotic Culture, Depósito

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