This article focuses on the analysis of plant remains (seeds/fruits, charcoal, pollen, spores, and non-pollen palynomorphs) from two archaeological sites (pre-Roman and Roman) located in Las Médulas, a cultural landscape, in the northwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula. The article explores the way the communities living in the area managed their environment and the impact of productive activities on the landscape. This research has shown the multiplicity of needs this landscape satisfied and the various ways these communities managed the surrounding environment through different productive activities (agriculture, animal husbandry, and mining amongst others).
E-JAVIER SÁNCHEZ-PALENCIA (*) M.^ DOLORES FERNÁNDEZ-POSSE (**) JULIO FERNÁNDEZ MANZANO (***) ALMUDENA OREJAS (*) LUIS CARLOS PÉREZ (****) INÉS SASTRE (*) RESUMEN El proyecto de investigación de la Zona Arqueológica de Las Médulas (León) se ha realizado desde una perspectiva científica y patrimonial que valorase su comprensión como un paisaje cultural, resultando a su vez de un proceso histórico. En este artículo se analizan los presupuestos y condicionantes de esa concepción, los criterios que permiten llegar a esa valoración y las medidas concretas tomadas hasta ahora para su conversión en Parque Arqueológico, como proyección social de la labor investigadora.
RESUMEN RESUMÉEL'anayse spatiale de produclion métallurgique de deux castros préromains astures nous permel de déterminer la présence d'un artisanat métallurgique a plein lemps, qui agit comme le fournisseur de la communauté des une «unité d'occupation ». JI est égalment possible de determ iner sa position sociale et le niveau de developpement technologique, ainsi que le cadre de sa production. Les possibilités d'approvisionnement de matiere premiere et les phenomenes interactifs dans le cadre de la Cultura Castreña du No rd-Ouest de la Péninsule Ib érique sont ensuite discutées.Comme point de repere nous analysons le changem enl que subit la production métallurgique dans deux sites archéologiques proches mais appartenant a l' époque romaine, lorsque la zone est déja inlegrée dans un nouveau systeme d' occupation, motivé par I' exploitation de I'or. ABSTRACT Spatial analysis of metallurgical production al IWO pre-Roman castros of the Astures indicates Ihat a fuI/-time metallurgical especialist supplied each village from a single area of occupalion. It is possible to determine the craftsman' s social position, his level of technological expertise, as wel/ as the scope of his production. We also discuss the supply ofraw material and the commerce within the region of the «Cultura Castreña» ofnorthwest Iberia. By way of contrast, we analyze metallurgical production at two nearby Roman sites that belong to a period when intensive gold production had changed patterns of production and exploitation.
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