The aim of this paper is to analyse the role of the metalworker in the northwest Iberian Iron Age. By adopting a holistic and diachronic perspective, a broad review of the influence of metalworking and its agents on the social structuring of the communities of the Atlantic seaboard is presented. With the aim of exploring the implications of metallurgy and the blacksmith's activity, a new perspective of metalworking is suggested. Thus, an exploration of perspectives beyond the technical aspects will be addressed, considering the ‘technological dimension’ as part of all the elements that define this activity. The objective of the work is to present a narrative that allows analysis of the role of the metalworker throughout different historical periods, focusing on the social, technical and symbolic dynamics that have shaped its development.
This paper presents a study of Iron Age (IA) societies through the analysis of architecture and built space. The approach is focused on a small area in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, and constructs a small-scale narrative that seeks to identify different social dynamics concerning the onset, development and decline of the fortified habitat (between the ninth and first centuries BC). Three main spheres of human habitation are assessed: the environment of the household, the construction of collective and non-domestic buildings and the development of settlement planning. The main characteristics of these spheres are discussed and summarised, and they are understood as part of the same dynamic that reflects how the IA communities of northwest Iberia were structured. The main objective of the paper is to employ this methodology to study social dynamics at different scales and thus build a multi-scale historical and archaeological narrative about the development of heterogeneous processes in IA societies.
La siguiente publicación tiene por objeto realizar una revisión de Príncipe 17 (A Coruña), solar excavado en el año 2007. A pesar de haber pasado desapercibido en su momento y de no contar con una estratigrafía particularmente esclarecedora, este yacimiento ofrece resultados transcendentales para la comprensión de las primeras fases de ocupación de la península de A Coruña. Se trata del primer contexto arqueológico publicado que parece determinar la existencia de una fase de ocupación anterior a la conquista de Roma dentro del ámbito de la ciudad vieja coruñesa. Esta afirmación supone tener que replantear las interpretaciones realizadas hasta el momento, y permite explorar nuevas hipótesis acerca de la evolución histórica de la ciudad herculina. En este sentido, se realizará una revisión del estado de la investigación en lo relativo a los orígenes del asentamiento romano de Brigantium, que nos permitirá entender cuáles son las posturas planteadas y qué nuevas vías de interpretación podemos explorar. Con estas perspectivas, se planteará un estudio material del yacimiento con dos objetivos bien definidos: por un lado, definir y situar su registro arqueológico en su tiempo y en su espacio; por el otro, explorar sus implicaciones dentro de los procesos sociales e históricos del enclave.
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