The Iron Age landscape of Alcoi Valley, eastern Iberia

Agricultural intensification and sociopolitical dynamics

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11073162
AutoresIgnacio Grau Mira, Ignasi Grau Mira (0000-0001-8470-6315, University of Alicante, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume39
Fascículo2
Páginas124-133
Data de publicação2014-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Field Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0093-4690 • E-ISSN: 2042-4582
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/0093469014z.00000000078
OpenAlexW2027335235
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas15

New archaeological survey data are combined with previous evidence to examine the rural landscape during the Iberian Iron Age in the Valencia region of eastern Spain. One goal was to understand the settlement pattern and agricultural intensification through manuring. The second objective was to address the socioeconomic aspects of changes in the landscape. It is possible to trace the emergence of a hierarchical settlement pattern in the Iberian Iron Age in which large fortified settlements carried out the most important functions of control and exploitation of the territory, extending their authority over small rural villages and farmsteads. This pattern is associated with the complex socioeconomic structures and political organization of early Iberian states

Agriculture · Archaeology · Cultural landscape · Geography · Human settlement · Iron Age · Political science · Population · Rural area · Rural settlement · Settlement (finance · Socioeconomic status · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Demography · Medieval Architecture and Archaeology