Iron Age Archaeology of the Northwest Iberian Peninsula
César Parcero Oubiña, Padre Sarmiento Institute of Galician Studies, Santiago de Compostela
Isabel Cobas Fernández, Heritage Office of New South Wales, Australia
Abstract
The text offers an overview of the archaeological record of the so-called Cultura Castrexa or Hillfort Culture, corresponding to the Iron Age and part of the Indigenous-Roman period in the north-western Iberian Peninsula, traditionally considered a Celtic region. A diachronic scheme is used, showing the main features of settlement patterns and forms, locations, land use, territoriality, and material culture forms and styles for each of the phases into which the period has been traditionally divided. In closing, we offer a brief summary of the more relevant interpretative trends, followed by a brief historical reconstruction of the period based on anthropological concepts such as the Germanic Mode of Production.
Keywords
Iron Age. Northwest Iberian Peninsula. Archaeological features. Settlement patterns. Pottery styles. Land use. Historical processes.
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Table of Contents
| 1. | Introduction |
| 2. | General remarks |
| 3. | The archaeological evidence: a diachronic account |
| 3.1. | Early Iron Age |
| 3.1.1. | The forms, patterns and structure of settlements |
| 3.1.2. | Inside the settlements: material culture |
| 3.1.3. | Beyond settlements: environment, production and territoriality |
| 3.2. | Late Iron Age |
| 3.2.1. | The "real estate": the forms, patterns and structure of settlements |
| 3.2.2. | Inside settlements: material culture |
| 3.2.3. | Beyond settlements: environment, production and territoriality |
| 3.3. | Indigenous-Roman period |
| 3.3.1. | The forms, patterns and structure of settlements |
| 3.3.2. | Inside settlements: material culture |
| 3.3.3. | Beyond settlements: environment, production and territoriality |
| 4. | Summary of historical interpretations |
| 4.1. | Early Iron Age: between complexity and stagnation |
| 4.2. | Late Iron Age: the hidden, troubled age |
| 4.3. | The Roman conquest: the beginning and the end |
| Endnotes | |
| Bibliography | |
