Una aproximació a l’explotació dels recursos faunístics a Menorca durant l’edat del Bronze: la naveta de cala Blanca (Ciutadella)

This paper proposes a first approach to the
knowledge of the domestic exploitation of animal resources by the Menorcan
inhabitants of the Bronze Age, which is made through the study of the faunal
assemblage recovered in the dwelling naveta of Cala Blanca. This site, located
on the west coast of Menorca, was excavated between 1986 and 1993, and
offered a chronology of the mid-second millennium cal BC. Nearly all the
species identified are the traditional domestic mammals. Among these, despite
the numerical dominance of the binomial goat/sheep, we must stress the
importance of cattle. Comparison with contemporary contexts of the island of
Mallorca, especially the one from Canyamel, reveals some marked similarities.
Finally, the bone tool assemblage from this site has to be noted.