Los sistemas defensivos califales de la Sierra de San Blas (Ágreda, Soria)

Recent archaeological work in the Sierra de San Blas in Agreda (Soria), have identified a system of three watchtower dating from the tenth century, designed to defend both the emirate nucleus of Agreda and this border region within Marca Media Hispánica.This group is the counterpoint to the lack of related sites existing in Soria eastern against the dense network of western defense, while it allows the introduction of new archaeological and historicaldimensions about the disappearance of the caliphate nucleus of Agreda in an advanced stage of the tenth century. Despite the simplicity of the structures that have survived up to today, all have a constructive model similar to other related archaeological sites located in nearby mountain ranges such as the Sierra del Madero, with which they share the same function.The synchronism come backed by the homogeneity of archaeological materials recovered in San Blas, which enrich the concise record known so far in Soria

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