Early medieval period (5th-6th centuries) (economy, society)

The archaeological stratum with material remains from this period are greatly affected by erosion and by modern agricultural labour which until now have impeded us from ascertaining what the houses were like.

The most abundant discoveries consist of fragments of ceramic vessels which originate from the Western coast of Anatolia, from the Western basin of the Black Sea and from the territory now occupied by Tunisia.

At the beginning of Early Medieval times Majorca participated in exchange networks which included areas of North Africa and the Eastern basin of the Mediterrane Amphorae form the Black Sea were used to transport sauces, pepper, honey, sultanas, ointments and medicines within the framework of comercial networks set up by the Byzantine empireí.