Three for two. The forms of settlement in North Western Iberian Iron Age
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https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.2000.v57.i1.261Keywords:
Landscape Archaeology, Early Iron Age, Late Iron Age, Hillforts, Galicia, Settlement patterns, GISAbstract
A detailed locational analysis of Iron Age hillforts in an area of Galicia is performed, using a methodology based on the use of Geographic Information Systems. Two models of location are revealed from this analysis, corresponding to differences in the formal appearance of hillforts. That allows us to suggest a sequence of 'cultural development' rather than the three traditional phases. This is structured in an Early Iron Age, which is fairly different from the apparent continuity between the Second Iron Age and the indigenous-Roman period. Finally the alternative option of the long term occupation is discussed, based on the data from the site of Alto do Castro and its coherence with the proposed historical sequence is shown. This also allows us to evaluate the significance of the results obtained in the selected area.
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