El territorio tardoantiguo y altomedieval en el sureste de Hispania: Eio-Iyyuh como caso de estudio

Estudiamos las evidencias de la ocupación tardoantigua y altomedieval en el entorno de la ciudad de Eio-Iyyu (El Tolmo de Minateda, Hellín, Albacete). Mediante el reconocimiento superficial del terreno y la revisión de los materiales arqueológicos se propone la caracterización del poblamiento entre los ss. VII d.C. y IX d.C. El análisis ofrece una ocupación densa en la que empiezan a reconocerse espacios campesinos agregados que podría corresponder a aldeas campesinas.

The Iron Age landscape of Alcoi Valley, eastern Iberia: Agricultural intensification and sociopolitical dynamics

New archaeological survey data are combined with previous evidence to examine the rural landscape during the Iberian Iron Age in the Valencia region of eastern Spain. One goal was to understand the settlement pattern and agricultural intensification through manuring. The second objective was to address the socioeconomic aspects of changes in the landscape. It is possible to trace the emergence of a hierarchical settlement pattern in the Iberian Iron Age in which large fortified settlements carried out the most important functions of control and exploitation of the territory, extending their authority over small rural villages and farmsteads. This pattern is associated with the complex socioeconomic structures and political organization of early Iberian states.