Eneko Iriarte

Biographic Data

ID88179
NAMEEneko Iriarte
GIVEN NAMESEneko
FAMILY NAMEIriarte
SIGNATUREIRIARTE E
AFFILIATIONSUniversidad de Burgos
ORCID0000-0001-8365-5616
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS61
TOTAL CITATIONS248
AUTHOR COUNT61
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX8

  • Crumbing the past: Micro-CT as a tool for characterising the structure of archaeological cereal-food remains

    Open AccessCarlota Pintado-Laguna, Diego Soto-Gómez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2026

    Charred cereal-based food remains are frequently classified as amorphous charred objects (ACOs) because their internal structure is difficult to characterise using conventional two-dimensional approaches. Here, we evaluate the potential of micro-CT as a non-destructive tool for analysing the internal structure of archaeological cereal-food remains from the Early Neolithic level of El Portalón de Cueva Mayor (Burgos, Spain). Five ACO fragments and…

  • International Protocol for the Study of Amorphous Charred Objects in Archaeology (Ipsaco 1.0)

    Open AccessAmaia Arranz‐otaegui, Carolyne Strömberg et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…2026

    Archaeobotanists around the world increasingly recognise that, alongside commonly studied materials such as seeds, fruits, wood charcoal, and chaff, archaeobotanical samples also contain fragments of carbonised organic (and sometimes inorganic) matter that vary in shape and often display an amorphous structure. These amorphous charred objects (ACO) are emerging as a novel proxy within the broader field of plant macroremain studies in Archaeology.…

  • Agropastoral practices and woodland management shaped the Irano-Turanian steppe-forest vegetation during the Transitional PPNA/B–Early PPNB (8895–8210 cal bce) at Kharaysin, Jordan

    Open AccessAndoni Mateos-Cabero, J Aranbarri et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…2026

    The present study reconstructs vegetation change and human–environment interactions from the Transitional Pre-Pottery Neolithic A/B (8895–8415 cal bce) to the Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8465–8210 cal bce) at the Kharaysin archaeological site (Zarqa, Jordan). For the first time at this site, integrated pollen, wood charcoal and phytolith analyses have been carried out in combination with a detailed archaeostratigraphic and Bayesian-modelled ch…

  • New Data on the Sertorian War at the Vascon Site of Irulegi (Aranguren Valley, Navarre)

    Open AccessMattin Aiestaran, J Narbarte et al.ARTICLEOxford Journal of Archaeology2026References: 20

    Literary sources provide limited information on specific developments during the civil wars of the late Roman Republic, including the Sertorian War. This study describes the attack on the Vascon settlement of Irulegi (Aranguren valley, Navarre), in northern Spain, within the context of this conflict, using the methodological and theoretical frameworks of conflict archaeology. In doing so, it seeks to demonstrate that Roman cultural influences wer…

  • Human Agency and Coastal Landscape Transformation in Early Modern Atlantic Europe: An Interdisciplinary Research Approach in the Urola Estuary (Basque Coast)

    J Narbarte, Eneko IriarteARTICLEEnvironmental Archaeology2026References: 39

    Landscapes are the result of historical human–environment interactions whose material imprints are recorded in the local topography, hydrography, and sedimentary archives. Human influence is particularly visible in coastal and estuarine landscapes, due to the continuity and intensity of occupation since, at least, the Middle Ages. This paper analyses the historical evolution of an estuarine landscape in Atlantic Iberia, based on the combined anal…

  • Environmental Constraints and Human Agency in Early Medieval Village Formation: A Geoarchaeological Approach in the Western Pyrenees (Navarre, Spain)

    J Narbarte, Mattin Aiestaran et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Archaeology2026Cited by: 1References: 46

    The interaction between human agency and environmental factors is a key topic in the archaeological study of early medieval village formation. Such interactions are particularly visible in the construction and maintenance of agrarian landscapes, which often become central to the local socio-economic development. This article explores these processes in a local context of the western Pyrenees (Navarre, Spain) through a combined analysis of documen…

  • Architecture in Kharaysin from the late PPNA to the middle PPNB

    Open AccessJuan José Ibáñez, Juan Muñiz et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Research in Asia2025

    The study of the architectural remains discovered at the Early Neolithic site of Kharaysin (Zarqa, Jordan) casts light on the evolution of building techniques in the Jordan Highlands from the late 10th millennium, at the end of the PPNA, to the mid-8th millennium cal BC, during the Middle PPNB. Five main architectural levels are identified. Oval sunken dwellings were built at the end of 10th and the beginning of the 9th millennia cal BC. In ca. 8…

  • How Deep in Time and Far in Space: Multiproxy Geophysical, Coring and Geochemical Prospection of an (Not Only) Iron Age Village (Ebro Valley, Navarre)

    Open AccessMattin Aiestaran, Ekhine Garcia‐Garcia et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Prospection2025Cited by: 1References: 2

    The archaeological research carried out at Irulegi, a hilltop site on the namesake mountain (Aranguren Valley, Navarre, Spain), has revealed one of the most important examples of fortified protohistoric settlements in the western Pyrenees, characterized by its long evolution and the exceptional preservation of its remains. This site has been systematically explored using a range of methods, both geophysical and direct, including GPR, ERT and magn…

  • Enhanced functional data retrieval from Palaeolithic stone tools by lipid analysis

    Open AccessJavier Davara, Carmen Monge Hernández et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025References: 7

    Despite the great potential of lipid biomarkers in archaeological science, their analysis in stone tools has been overlooked. The lipid retention capacity of Palaeolithic stone tools, along with the potential utility of the biomarkers they may harbour as a functional proxy, remains largely unknown. Here, we extracted lipid biomarkers from flint flakes and limestone pebbles from the Middle Palaeolithic site of El Salt (SE Spain) and analysed them …

  • Raised from the ashes: Geoarchaeological perspectives on house burning practices in an Iberian Iron Age village

    Open AccessLaura Tomé, Antonio Blanco-González et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2025References: 57

    Burnt houses are a recurrent phenomenon in the prehistoric archaeological record, yet the specific processes behind their burning—likely varying across time and place—remain poorly understood. This study focuses on a thoroughly studied dwelling (House 1) from the Iberian Early Iron Age settlement of Cerro de San Vicente and investigates site formation processes associated with its burning. To achieve this, we applied a multi-proxy geoarchaeologic…

  • Nueva ara dedicada a Larrahe hallada en Arriaundi (Larunbe, Navarra)

    Open AccessOihane Mendizabal-Sandonís, Javier Velaza et al.ARTICLEPalaeohispanica Revista sobre…2024

    In this paper we present a Roman altar found in Arriundi (Larunbe, Navarra), dedicated to the Vasconic god Larra/Larrahe

  • Fire use and waste management in an Iberian Iron Age village: Geoarchaeological insights into midden formation processes

    Open AccessLaura Tomé, Eneko Iriarte et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2024Cited by: 2References: 47

    Early Iron Age village in Northern Iberia, with middens and earthen dwellings. • High-resolution geoarchaeological techniques are applied to midden deposits. • Maintenance practices (rake-out, cleaning, building) result in the formation of middens. • Spatial differences in waste disposal practices are documented. Middens, commonly found in archaeological sites across different chronologies, serve as rich sedimentary archives of daily life by capt…

  • Archaeological landscapes and long-term settlements in the Perputxent valley (eastern Iberia): Exploring land use strategies and sustainability in a Mediterranean mountain area

    Open AccessIgnasi Grau Mira, Julia Sarabia Bautista et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2024Cited by: 1References: 10

    In this paper, we present the long-term occupation of the Perputxent Valley with the purpose of exploring the factors that could explain the long-lasting and trans-cultural occupation of resilient sites and landscapes for nearly two millennia. The first part describes the archaeological research carried out based on remote sensing and intensive coverage survey methods and geoarchaeological analysis. The characterisation of the intensive agricultu…

  • The Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic B in The Southern Levant: Contributions from Tell Qarassa North (Sweida, Syria) and Kharaysin (Zarqa, Jordan)

    Open AccessJuan José Ibáñez, Khaled Abdo et al.ARTICLEPaléorient2024Cited by: 2References: 72

    During the last twenty years, several archaeological sites with occupation levels attributed to the Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic B have been excavated in the southern Levant, filling the previous information gap. Our excavations at Tell Qarassa North (Sweida, Syria) and Kharaysin (Zarqa, Jordan), with EPPNB occupations dated from ca. 8600 to 8200 cal. BC, have contributed to the renewal of our knowledge of the PPNB in the southern area of the Fert…

  • A Vasconic inscription on a bronze hand: Writing and rituality in the Iron Age Irulegi settlement in the Ebro Valley

    Open AccessMattin Aiestaran, Javier Velaza et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2024Cited by: 2

    Relatively few examples of Palaeohispanic writing have been recovered from the Vasconic territories of present-day Navarre, leading to the assumption that the Vascones were a pre-literate society. Here, the authors report on an inscription on a bronze hand recovered at the Iron Age site of Irulegi (Aranguren Valley, Navarre) in northern Spain. Its detailed linguistic analysis suggests that the script represents a graphic subsystem of Palaeohispan…

  • Youngest Iberian Holocene volcanic eruptions and paleoenvironmental evolution of a barrier-paleolake in the Garrotxa Volcanic Field (NE Spain)

    Open AccessEneko Iriarte, J Revelles et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2023References: 20

    Volcanic eruptions are key drivers of climate variability, with complex environmental consequences at regional and local scales that are rarely documented in high-resolution sedimentary records. In this work we present the results of a 15 m long paleolake core (Pla de les Preses core, Vall d’en Bas, Girona, NE Spain) covering the Late Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Multiproxy analyses including chronostratigraphy, sedimentology, micropalaeontol…

  • Searching for traces of human activity in earthen floor sequences: High-resolution geoarchaeological analyses at an Early Iron Age village in Central Iberia

    Open AccessLaura Tomé, Eneko Iriarte et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2023Cited by: 8References: 27

    The Northern Iberian Plateau during the Early Iron Age witnessed the proliferation of villages, showcasing well-preserved earthen architectural remains that offer valuable insights into past daily life practices. However, the application of high-resolution geoarchaeological approaches to these contexts has been largely overlooked, despite their significance in assessing complex sedimentary sequences predominantly composed of earth-based construct…

  • What is a village? Agroscapes, collective action and medieval villages in northern Iberia

    Open AccessJuan Antonio Quirós Castillo, J Narbarte et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2023Cited by: 3

    Why, how and when villages emerged across medieval Europe are enduring questions for archaeologists and historians because of the wider social and economic transformations implied-and because many of these settlements persist to the present day. Most archaeological investigations have focused on the nucleated centres of these communities; here, instead, the authors examine the role of agroscapes. Focusing on an agricultural area near the village …

  • Integrando los registros de 50 años de investigación: Arqueología del paisaje rural en Astigarribia (Gipuzkoa, País Vasco)

    Open AccessJ Narbarte, Eneko IriarteARTICLEMunibe Antropologia-Arkeologia2023

    Las últimas décadas han presenciado un notable desarrollo de las investigaciones e intervenciones arqueológicas de urgencia en el medio rural del País Vasco. Ello ha generado un gran volumen de datos, que sin embargo resultan a menudo parciales y fragmentarios. Este artículo propone adoptar una perspectiva de paisaje, basada en una integración multiescalar de distintas fuentes de información, para afrontar esta dificultad. Esta aproximación se ha…

  • Vida cotidiana, Sociedad y Control Territorial en el Entorno Circumpirenaico Occidental: El Castillo Medieval de Irulegi (Valle de Aranguren, Navarra)

    Open AccessMattin Aiestaran de la Sotilla, Javier Javier et al.ARTICLEArqueología y Territorio Medieval2022

    El castillo de Irulegi, localizado en la cima del monte Irulegi o Peña de Lakidain (Valle de Aranguren), es uno de los ejemplos más destacados del Reino de Navarra. El castillo se erigió con finalidades defensivas y de control del territorio circundante. Su inicio se encuentra entre el siglo XI y principios del XII, y muestra una ocupación ininterrumpida hasta finales del siglo XV. Los materiales que se presentan en este trabajo constituyen eleme…

  • Landscapes of Agricultural Expansion in the Estuaries of the Basque Coast (Sixteenth-Nineteenth Centuries)

    Open AccessJ Narbarte, Eneko Iriarte et al.ARTICLEJournal of Wetland Archaeology2022Cited by: 3References: 6

    Land reclamation is the process of creating new land from regularly flooded surfaces. This paper explores the role of land reclamation on the historical transformation of estuarine landscapes in the Basque coast (N Spain & SW France) during the Early Modern period (sixteenth-nineteenth centuries). Documentary sources, historical cartography, and field survey are combined to document the main social practices that have shaped polder-like landscape…

  • Un singular ambiente doméstico del Hierro I en el interior de la península ibérica: La casa 1 del Cerro de San Vicente (Salamanca, España)

    Open AccessAntonio Blanco-González, Juan Jesús Padilla Fernández et al.ARTICLETrabajos de Prehistoria2022Cited by: 2References: 20

    Se presentan los resultados de las excavaciones (2006, 2017 y 2021) en un sector de la aldea del Hierro I del Cerro de San Vicente (Salamanca). Se ha exhumado un agregado informal de edificios y estructuras adjetivas de adobe cuyo patrón espacial es afín al esquema transcultural patrilocal. El artículo se centra en la casa 1 y sus cenizales. Tal vivienda fue excepcional por su larga e ininterrumpida biografía, su mobiliario de barro –con dos poyo…

  • Long-term dog consumption during the Holocene at the Sierra de Atapuerca (Spain): Case study of the El Portalón de Cueva Mayor site

    Open AccessM Á Galindo-Pellicena, Nohemi Sala et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2022Cited by: 2References: 70

    Evidence of dog consumption at the El Portalón de Cueva Mayor site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) from the Holocene is revealed for the first time. The taxonomical and taphonomical studies of the animal bones from the El Portalón site have been carried out. The morphological and metrical analyses indicate that 130 dog bone remains have been identified from the El Portalón site, including from the Neolithic (NISP = 23), Chalcolithic (Pre-Bell Beaker…

  • Unraveling Châtelperronian high-density accumulations: The open-air site of Aranbaltza II (Bizkaia, Spain)

    Open AccessLaura Sánchez-Romero, Alfonso Benito-Calvo et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2022Cited by: 8References: 49

    The Châtelperronian open-air site of Aranbaltza II presents a set of very particular characteristics, such as the large number of well-preserved lithic materials in a small area and the presence of lobular accumulations that represents the 33% of different size and shape of lithic materials of the whole assemblage. Through the application of density, hotspots, and 3D-fabric analysis, in combination with sedimentological data, we discuss the facto…

  • Baserri-paisaiaren geoarkeologia Zizurkilen (Gipuzkoa): Erdi Arotik XXI. mendera

    Open AccessJ Narbarte, Oihane Mendizabal et al.ARTICLEMunibe Antropologia-Arkeologia2021

    El caserío, entendido como un paisaje formado por unidades domésticas autónomas distribuidas de manera dispersa, constituye el principal modelo de ocupación del espacio rural en la vertiente atlántica del País Vasco. En las últimas décadas, el estudio arqueológico de muchos caseríos ha permitido definir series tipo-cronológicas de gran detalle para este tipo de edificios. El presente trabajo propone abordar el estudio de los paisajes culturales a…