Abstract
The Prehistoric Mines of Gava used to provide variscite about 6000 years ago. This mineral was used for decorative purposes! For the last ten years, the Gava Museum has been implementing a comprehensive intervention (research, conservation and information dissemination) campaign for the mines. This programme is financed by many different institutions, such as the city hall, the Generalitat de Cataluna (the Catalan Government), the Diputacion de Barcelona (the city council) and lNEM (employment office). The museum leads and coordinates an interdisciplinary team and has established cooperation agreements with some universities. The Prehistoric Mines can be visited since 1993, and meet the visitors´ safety, mobility and understanding requirements, without affecting their conservation and scientific rigor Visits are guided and their goal is to make people experience emotions. Although they have got a varied target group, they are especially aimed at students. Thus, there is a number of activities planned only for them. The visits to the Prehistoric Mines have been considered an accepted educational resource in Barcelona and its metropolitan area. The main future project of the museum is the Archaeological Park of the Prehistoric Mines. It will be a centre aimed at interpreting the Neolithic period and the origin of the mining industry. Its objectives are to maintain intervention and to attract the cultural tourism in Barcelona.
Highlights
Tive purposes! For the last ten years, the Gava Museum has been implementing a comprehensive intervention campaign for the mines. This programme is financed by many different institutions, such as the city hall, the Generalitat de Cataluña, i/ze Diputación de Barcelona an^ilNEM
The Prehistoric Mines can be visited since 1993, and meet the visitors ^ safety, mobility and understanding requirements, without affecting their conservation and scientific rigor Visits are guided and their goal is to make people experience emotions. They have got a varied target group, they are especially aimed at students
There is a number of activities planned onlyfor them
Summary
El descubrimiento de las Minas Prehistóricas de Gavá (Fig. 1) se produjo en la década de los años setenta con el inicio de la urbanización del sector norte de la población de Gavá, en el barrio conocido como CanTintorer. Se han encontrado diversas piezas en ajuares funerarios en yacimientos de la zona central y prelitoral sobre todo, pero también en un yacimiento de Andorra que, al parecer, constituye el lugar más alejado donde hasta el momento se ha documentado variscita de Gavá. La dispersión de este mineral, la envergadura del yacimiento minero y la dificultad y complejidad que debía suponer explotarlo con las tecnologías propias del Neolítico, teniendo en cuenta además que sólo servía para confeccionar objetos suntuarios, son factores que permiten plantear diversas hipótesis sobre la función social de los objetos hechos de variscita, que tenía que ser considerada como un elemento de gran valor, probablemente con importantes y diversas connotaciones de índole simbólica, religiosa, económica o de diferenciación social
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