An Off-Site Approach to Late Iron Age and Roman Landscapes on the Northern Plateau, Spain

Bibliographic Data

ID7175337
AuthorsJesús García Sánchez (0000-0001-7766-1972, Universidad de Cantabria, corresponding author), Jesús García-Sánchez (0000-0003-1055-7294), Miguel Cisneros Cunchillos (0000-0002-6557-0632, Universidad de Cantabria, corresponding author), MIGUEL CISNEROS
Year2013
Volume16
Issue2
Pages289-313
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-9571 • E-ISSN: 1741-2722
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1179/1461957112y.0000000027
OpenAlexW2017588452
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited32

Since 2009, a large-scale archaeological field survey – the Ager Segisamonensis Survey Project – has been carried out on the Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula, in the Burgos province (Castilla y León), Spain. The aim of this project is to understand the Iron Age/Roman transition in terms of settlement strategies and landscape exploitation. The field survey has been undertaken in the landscape surrounding an Iron Age settlement and the successive Roman city of Segisamo – modern Sasamón. The goal is not the discovery of new settlements, but the recognition of the so-called ‘dwelling landscape’ and its evolution. In this article, we highlight our field survey methodology based on hand-held Global Positioning System (GPS) instruments and the creation of a recording system of ‘aggregation units

Archaeology · Cartography · Field survey · Geography · Human settlement · Iron Age · Peninsula · Plateau (mathematics · Settlement (finance · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Archaeological Research and Protection

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