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The end of prehistory

Bronze Age dwelling (space 2)

In the last periods of prehistory we find more complex societies, with some degree of specialization in trades, organized in settlements which by now are partly planned.

In this room there is a reconstruction of a Bronze Age hut from the 7th century BC, based on a study of the settlement in the Gàfols ravine, in Ginestar (Ribera d’Ebre). The house, which is narrow and elongated, was part of a small village with 17 precincts laid out along three streets. The adobe walls are raised on a stone base and on the inside they are plastered and decorated with ochre paintings. The roof, made of reeds and mud, rests on wooden beams.

Alongside the entrance to the house the store is raised on a platform that protects the food supplies from damp and animals. The fruit gathered in the wood and game complement a diet based on the harvest of cereals and pulses, which are then conserved in large ceramic containers. Beside the hearth we can observe the stone mills that produced flour after hours of hard labour. The discovery of clay weights to tense the threads of the loom has enabled us to deduce that each home made its own fabrics. 

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