The role of the water in the Chalcolithic: the Salado de Caulina stream in the municipal area of Jerez and the Iro river in the municipal area of Chiclana

Abstract

Throughout these pages I introduce the various archaeological sites from Prehistoric times to the Middle Ages associated to the course of both the Salado de Caulina stream in the municipal área of Jerez and the Iro river in the municipaity of Chiclana, in order to tackle the hypothesis (removed in the subject of my doctoral studies) of the posible unification of both waterways in the Chalcolithic period  - in particular in the transition between the fourth and third millennium B.C.-, by means of the use of geo-archaeological maps and the analysis of the place name “Salado”. Finally, we shall approach different productive activities of the early clasist societies in Cádiz concerning the water element.