The relief of El Cerrón

Insights into central Iberian elite identity in the Late Iron Age

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3301919
AutoresPablo Sánchez De Oro (0000-0002-2373-0626, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Fabio Saccoccio (0000-0002-5531-5814, University of Nottingham, autor de correspondencia), Mariano Torres Ortiz (0000-0003-2564-7794, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Luis Berrocal-Rangel (0000-0003-3839-6453, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Año2025
Volumen99
Número405
Páginas797-814
Fecha de publicación2025-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
EditorialAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2025.48
OpenAlexW4410829451
IdiomaES
Referencias citadas16

The Late Iron Age (fourth-first centuries BC) district of Carpetania in the Central Iberian Peninsula is traditionally cast as a marginal territory, where cultural development is primarily attributed to acculturation, diffusionism and imitation. Here, the authors critically re-evaluate published evidence from the site of El Cerrón, Illescas, focusing on a decorated terracotta relief with a 'Mediterraneanising' style to argue that the local elite was not a passive actor in history. Instead, the community at El Cerrón actively engaged in the cultural dynamics that shaped not only the Iberian Peninsula but also the wider Mediterranean basin during this crucial period

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Elite · Identity (music) · Political science · Politics · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Law