RESUMENLa construcción de la autovía M-50 ha permitido documentar y conservar la primera explotación de sílex neolítica de la Península Ibérica. Este trabajo presenta los resultados iniciales de la primera fase de excavación arqueológica. La planta del yacimiento documentada hasta el momento muestra un conjunto de más de 2.500 pozos de extracción. Se describen los pozos, sus tipos y distribución así como el abundante material arqueológico recuperado en su interior. Las características de las estructuras, y de su amortización, indican la existencia de estrategias de explotación precisas que pueden obligar a replantear el panorama del Neolítico madrileño. En el mismo yacimiento se han documentado además otras tres fases: pleistocena, Bronce medio y contemporánea/actual.
ABSTRACT
Moturiki is one of the high islands in the Lomaiviti Group, central Fiji. In this article we present exhaustive empirical information on archaeological survey and test pit excavations carried out in 2008 and 2010. An interesting archaeological landscape emerged, with 89 archaeological sites found on Moturiki and neighboring islands Yanuca Levu, Leleuvia, and Caqalai. The sites include ring-ditch villages, terraced villages, isolated house mounds ( yavus ), and burial sites. Results from one of the test pits on the southeast of the island indicate possible landscape changes in the last millennium, since the ancient coastline is currently buried at around 1 m below the surface. This lowland area has therefore received large amounts of sediment from higher areas, a likely result of human activity. We also documented remains from a previously recorded Lapita site in the island. Overall, a shift in the settlement patterns from the coast, to the interior areas, back to the coast, has been documented. This shift, taking place on extremely small islands, can hardly be explained by environmental changes. The article puts together our findings and hypothesis, as well as providing the emphasis of our methodological approach.
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