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2020, Quaderni Friulani di Archeologia, Anno XXX, nº1
The archaeological site of Cerro de la Virgen de la Muela, the ancient Roman city of Caraca, is placed on Driebes, a village located in the Spanish province of Guadalajara which is included in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. This city was strategically based on central Spain, in a hill alongside Tagus river surrounded by two streams running Eastwards, Arroyo del Barranco, and Westwards, Arroyo Salobre. Also, there is evidence of river navigation at the Tagus river as some amphorae were found associated to a hypothetic Roman pier in the nearby northern village of Trillo. In this paper we want to summarize the publications of the multidisciplinary research team involved in the study of this archaeological site.
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This paper discusses the archaeological research and historical contextualisation of the Alto da Raia enclosure located on the border between northern Portugal and Galicia, identified as a possible Roman camp, following an interdisciplinary and multi-proxy approach. This included archaeological excavation, remote sensing and geophysical survey, as well as sample collection for archaeobotanical and geochemical studies by means of chemical and mineralogical analyses and absolute dating using radiocarbon and luminescence protocols. The results seem to indicate that this site was a Roman camp probably built and occupied between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD, when major changes occurred in Northwest Iberia driven by the expansion of the Roman State. The camp overlaps with previous prehistoric occupations possibly dating back to the Bronze Age and Iron Age.
During the last years we conducted an excavation project in two caves and a small shelter at Canaleja Gorge (Romangordo, Cáceres, Spain). Although the stratigraphy was not optimally preserved in all the caves, we could document three funerary spaces that comprise a long chronological sequence, from Early Neolithic to Chalcolithic. In this paper we discuss the relationship between burial caves and megaliths in the region, by considering a common social and cultural background for both kinds of sepultures.
New Perspectives on Late Antiquity (pp. 119-123)
New Findings on Late Antiquity in a Town of the "Vascones" area (Los Bañales de Uncastillo, Zaragoza, Spain)The protohistoric settlement of Cerro de la Mesa has a strong link with both topography and landscape. Located just at the end of a confined rock stretch in the middle basin of the Tagus River, it is situated beside a natural ford on rock (also called "permanent"), from which emerges the fertile floodplain of the river. The value of these natural resources is even greater if we consider the surrounding environment of granites, arkosic sands and aeolian mantles of low fertility. The relationship between prehistoric activity and this landscape and its natural resources created a complex site, whose context is being approached from a non-destructive perspective, both geoarchaeological and geomorphological.
Geomorphology
Enhancing rescue-archaeology using geomorphological approaches: Archaeological sites in Paredes (Asturias, NW Spain)2011 •
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
When archaeological context is lacking. Lithology and spatial analysis, new interpretations of the “verracos” Iron Age sculptures in Western Iberian Peninsula2016 •
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International Mediterranean Survey Workshop “Survey methods for the management and protection of archaeological sites and heritage landscapes”
“The punic harbour of La Martela (El Puerto de Santa María): GPR survey and methods its archaeological visualization”2005 •
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The Archaeology of ‘Underdog Sites’ in the Douro Valley
A Durio Lusitania incipit: Roman settlement in the coastal region between the Douro and Mondego rivers2021 •
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Bueno Ramirez,P., Cerrillo Cuenca, E y Gonzalez Cordero, A. eds.From the origins: the prehistory of the Inner Taguis region. Bar Series 2219, 2011:143-160
Megaliths and stelae in the inner basin of Tagus river: Santiago de Alcántara, Alconétar and Cañamero (Cáceres)