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Research paper thumbnail of Vidrios tardoantiguos de La Marañosa. San Martín de la Vega (Madrid)

III Actas de las Jornadas de Jóvenes Investigadores en Arqueología ¡Excavemos!, 2018

En el marco de las prospecciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento madrileño de La Marañosa entre ... more En el marco de las prospecciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento madrileño de La
Marañosa entre los años 2015 y 2016, se pretende dar a conocer una parte de los
materiales hallados, en este caso un interesante conjunto de vidrios. La tipología de estos
y las importaciones halladas, nos aportan una cronología que comprende los siglos V, VI
d.C. y comienzos del s. VII d.C. Poner estos materiales en relación con otros contextos
similares en la región puede ayudarnos a establecer posibles relaciones entre
asentamientos en una época tan interesante como poco conocida como es la
Tardoantigüedad. El conjunto está formado en su mayoría por piezas que formarían parte
de la vajilla de mesa (cuencos y escudillas), además de otros elementos.

Research paper thumbnail of Dos singulares fragmentos impresos procedentes del oppidvm de Calatrava La Vieja (Carrión de Calatrava, Ciudad Real)

Boletín Ex Officina Hispana 10 (mayo 2019) , 2019

Boletín Ex Officina Hispana 10 _ (mayo 2019) _ ISSN 1989-743X noticias//26 noticias secah [NOTÍCIAS]

Research paper thumbnail of Las copas carpetanas y su significado en la Edad del Hierro del Valle medio del Tajo

Boletín Ex Officina Hispana 10 (mayo 2019) , 2019

Conferences, workshops, seminars by Javier Martínez-González

Research paper thumbnail of An elite settlement at La Marañosa (Madrid, 5th-7th AD): certainties and unknowns regarding the early medieval hillforts in inner Iberia

The site of La Marañosa (S Martín de la Vega, Madrid) is located on the edge of a cliff above the... more The site of La Marañosa (S Martín de la Vega, Madrid) is located on the edge of a cliff above the floodplain in the western bank of the Jarama river, 20 km to the southeast of the city of Madrid, in the center of the Iberian Peninsula. The defensive character of its location, surrounded by abrupt and deep ravines, is reinforced by a linear wall at its northern end. It lacks towers, and forcess access to the interior by the edge of the cliff, from the North. The enclosured area extends about 10 hectares.
Material evidence from this site provides enough elements to propose that it was a rural central place, in the sense expressed by Loveluck (2009: 145), that is, a focal point for consumption. Elites at this site are engaged in local and supralocal networks, as suggested by the variety and quality of imported goods: glass vessels, fine Mediterranean pottery, coins, lava quernstones. Certain elements, such as large ashlars, seem to indicate the presence of prestige buildings.
The occupational sequence still denotes questions that topsoil fieldwork analyses cannot solve in much detail. Material evidence from two different historical moments (5th to 7th and 10th to 12th AD) have been recognized in addition to scattered remains of a Late Iron Age phase. Nonetheless, the sequence does not seem continuous, but separated by hiatus of absence of activity.
The archaeological record from la Marañosa raises different questions on the historiographical debates with regards to this kind of early medieval hill-forts. The most significant may be (1) the discontinuities in the occupational sequences, (2) the links with the previous (late Roman) rural settlement in the area and with the subsequent network of villages, (3) why did people change their place of residence, and (4) what did that displacements imply in the social, economic and ideological spheres.
24th EAA Barcelona (2018) S30 ELITE SETTLEMENT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE (5TH-10TH CENTURIES AD): CHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS AND NEW DIRECTIONS

Research paper thumbnail of Vidrios tardoantiguos de La Marañosa. San Martín de la Vega (Madrid)

III Actas de las Jornadas de Jóvenes Investigadores en Arqueología ¡Excavemos!, 2018

En el marco de las prospecciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento madrileño de La Marañosa entre ... more En el marco de las prospecciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento madrileño de La
Marañosa entre los años 2015 y 2016, se pretende dar a conocer una parte de los
materiales hallados, en este caso un interesante conjunto de vidrios. La tipología de estos
y las importaciones halladas, nos aportan una cronología que comprende los siglos V, VI
d.C. y comienzos del s. VII d.C. Poner estos materiales en relación con otros contextos
similares en la región puede ayudarnos a establecer posibles relaciones entre
asentamientos en una época tan interesante como poco conocida como es la
Tardoantigüedad. El conjunto está formado en su mayoría por piezas que formarían parte
de la vajilla de mesa (cuencos y escudillas), además de otros elementos.

Research paper thumbnail of Dos singulares fragmentos impresos procedentes del oppidvm de Calatrava La Vieja (Carrión de Calatrava, Ciudad Real)

Boletín Ex Officina Hispana 10 (mayo 2019) , 2019

Boletín Ex Officina Hispana 10 _ (mayo 2019) _ ISSN 1989-743X noticias//26 noticias secah [NOTÍCIAS]

Research paper thumbnail of Las copas carpetanas y su significado en la Edad del Hierro del Valle medio del Tajo

Boletín Ex Officina Hispana 10 (mayo 2019) , 2019

Research paper thumbnail of An elite settlement at La Marañosa (Madrid, 5th-7th AD): certainties and unknowns regarding the early medieval hillforts in inner Iberia

The site of La Marañosa (S Martín de la Vega, Madrid) is located on the edge of a cliff above the... more The site of La Marañosa (S Martín de la Vega, Madrid) is located on the edge of a cliff above the floodplain in the western bank of the Jarama river, 20 km to the southeast of the city of Madrid, in the center of the Iberian Peninsula. The defensive character of its location, surrounded by abrupt and deep ravines, is reinforced by a linear wall at its northern end. It lacks towers, and forcess access to the interior by the edge of the cliff, from the North. The enclosured area extends about 10 hectares.
Material evidence from this site provides enough elements to propose that it was a rural central place, in the sense expressed by Loveluck (2009: 145), that is, a focal point for consumption. Elites at this site are engaged in local and supralocal networks, as suggested by the variety and quality of imported goods: glass vessels, fine Mediterranean pottery, coins, lava quernstones. Certain elements, such as large ashlars, seem to indicate the presence of prestige buildings.
The occupational sequence still denotes questions that topsoil fieldwork analyses cannot solve in much detail. Material evidence from two different historical moments (5th to 7th and 10th to 12th AD) have been recognized in addition to scattered remains of a Late Iron Age phase. Nonetheless, the sequence does not seem continuous, but separated by hiatus of absence of activity.
The archaeological record from la Marañosa raises different questions on the historiographical debates with regards to this kind of early medieval hill-forts. The most significant may be (1) the discontinuities in the occupational sequences, (2) the links with the previous (late Roman) rural settlement in the area and with the subsequent network of villages, (3) why did people change their place of residence, and (4) what did that displacements imply in the social, economic and ideological spheres.
24th EAA Barcelona (2018) S30 ELITE SETTLEMENT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE (5TH-10TH CENTURIES AD): CHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS AND NEW DIRECTIONS