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This paper presents the multi-disciplinary sampling strategy that has been applied at the archaeological site of La Draga during the last three fieldwork campaigns (2010–2012). A preliminary evaluation of the results is presented in order to discuss the efficiency of the strategy in answering the outlined scientific questions. The strategies applied for faunal remains (one hundred per cent recovery), wood remains (selective sampling) and charcoal remains (random sampling of twenty-five fragments per square) proved to be successful. The anticipated levels for ichthyofauna, entomofauna and non-ligneous plant macroremains were not attained using this sampling strategy. Some explanations for this are proposed (e.g. high degree of erosion of the archaeological layer). Further guidelines for future work are established. This strategy could be applied to other Mediterranean wetland sites., FA, LC, OL and RP are members of the research group AGREST (2009 SGR 734). This research is part of the project ‘Organización social de las primeras comunidades agrícola-ganaderas a partir del espacio doméstico: arquitectura en madera y áreas de procesado y consumo de alimentos’ (HAR2012-38838-C02- 02), financed by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad of Spain. We acknowledge the accurate revisions to this text made by B. Jennings and two anonymous reviewers.