All together now (or not)

Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools

“…Traditionally, the attitudes deployed by the Roman state towards different territories within this region were assumed to reflect a diversified 'Romanisation' process, depending on the economic or productive interests shown by the conquerors [33,191]. However, learning from postcolonial critiques [86,87,192,193], we should consider a connection between these diverse attitudes and the response of local communities to the external aggression. There is a potential correlation between the different native reactions to contact with the Roman army and their diverging historical trajectories, enabling different outcomes [193].…”

“…However, learning from postcolonial critiques [86,87,192,193], we should consider a connection between these diverse attitudes and the response of local communities to the external aggression. There is a potential correlation between the different native reactions to contact with the Roman army and their diverging historical trajectories, enabling different outcomes [193]. In this regard, epigraphic documents such as the Bierzo Edict seem to reveal the existence of reward-punishment policy applied by the Roman state soon after the conquest [194].…”

The Metalworker as Social Agent: Alongue duréeApproach from Northwestern Iberia Atlantic Façade (Ninth–First Centuriesbce)

“…The decline or disappearance of characteristic Bronze Age expressions, such as some rock-art designs or the hoarding of certain bronze objects, can be highlighted. In fact, this progressive decrease of the structured deposition of bronze objects in liminal spaces (Parcero-Oubiña et al 2020) seems to be related to the virtual disappearance of the Atlantic interaction networks and to the substantial decrease in the exchange and production of metal objects in this period (Comendador Rey 1999).…”

A Preliminary Approach to Early Iron Age Demography. Testing Paleodemographic Methodologies on a Microspatial Scale: The Case of Punta De Muros (Nw Iberia)

“…The dawn of the first EIA societies meant the dawn of fortified settlements in NW Iberia, which shows a significant break with Bronze Age social strategies, defined by semi-nomadism, wide circulation of bronze objects or large-scale mobility (Méndez Fernández, 1994;Parcero-Oubiña et al, 2020), among others. Through the EIA, the hillfort became the main and exclusive unit of habitation (González-Ruibal, 2006-7: 160), usually placed on conspicuous locations of small dimensions (less than 1 ha) with a great defensive potential and sharp long-distance visibility (Parcero-Oubiña, 2000: 86-87).…”

“…The archaeological and chronological sequence of Punta de Muros represents the complete span of the EIA in NW Iberia. Phases 1A and 1B suggest a common EIA hillfort (for a synthesis of the features of early Iron Age hillforts, see Parcero-Oubiña et al, 2020) and a significant social homogeneity within the village; however, Phase 2 shows considerable transformations, especially within the household (Nión-Álvarez, forthcoming). This process, together with other factors, has been understood as part of a significant rupture with the previous social ethos of the settlement in favour of new strategies of internal hierarchisation.…”