By the end of the 10th century Catalan was already a fully-formed language, clearly distinguishable from its Latin origins. It appeared for the first time in written documents in the second half of the 12th century.
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answered by belmyst 5
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The first known human settlements in what is now Catalonia were at the beginning of the Middle Palaeolithic. The oldest known traces of human occupation are the mandible of a pre-Neandertal found in Banyoles, some 25,000 years old. Some of the most important remains of the period were found in the caves of Mollet (Serinyà , Pla de l’Estany), the Cau del Duc in the Montgrà mountain ("cau" meaning "cave" or "lair"), the remains at Forn d'en Sugranyes (Reus) and the shelters Romanà and Agut (Capellades), while those of the Upper Paleolithic are found at Reclau Viver, the cave of Arbreda and la Bora Gran d'en Carreres, in Serinyà , or the Cau de les Goges, in Sant Julià de Ramis. From the next prehistoric era, the Epipaleolithic or Mesolithic, important remains survive, the greater part dated between 8000 BC and 5000 BC, such as those of Sant Gregori (Falset) and el Filador (Margalef de Montsant).
The Neolithic era began in Catalonia around 4500 BC, although the population was slower to develop fixed settlements than in other places, thanks to the abundance of woods, which allowed the continuation of a fundamentally hunter-gatherer culture. The most important Neolithic remains in Catalonia are the Cave of Fontmajor (l'Espluga de FrancolÃ), The Cave of Toll (Morà ), the caves Gran and Freda (Montserrat) and the shelters of Cogul and Ulldecona.
The Calcolithic or Eneolithic period developed in Catalonia between 2500 and 1800 BC, with the beginning of the construction of copper objects. The Bronze Age occurred between 1800 and 700 BC. There are few remnants of this era, but there were some known settlements in the Baix Segre zone. The Bronze age coincided with the arrival of the Indo-Europeans, whose successive waves of migration began around 1200 BC, and they were responsible for the creation of the first proto-urban settlements. Around the middle of the 7th century BC, the Iron Age arrived in Catalonia.
2006-09-25 20:53:04
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answered by tiger 4
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Belmyst has the right answer. The second answer is irrelevant to your question, just a cut and paster who can't decipher a simple question.
GIVE BELMYST THE POINTS.
2006-09-25 23:58:45
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answered by Taivo 7
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2006-09-25 20:44:35
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answered by torontofabsingle 2
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