This paper presents the results of a multisystem survey using magnetometry and dual frequency ground-penetrating radar (GPR) carried out at the Iron Age Iberian site of El Molí d'Espígol, Tornabous, Catalonia, dated from the seventh to third centuries bce. The surroundings of the current urban area were explored with magnetometry in order to describe possible features related to the settlement. In the non-excavated part of the urban area was surveyed by GPR in order to describe the urban mesh. The interpretation of the data has allowed not only the identification of new areas of archaeological interest and priority action, but also the proposal of a new hypotheses on the evolution of the town planning and the defensive system of the site.
ResumenSe presenta la investigación realizada sobre la traza urbana de la regio IV de la ciudad romana de Complutum. Se realiza una prospección eléctrica acompañada por el estudio de algunos restos excavados recientemente y de la documentación procedente de excavaciones del siglo XIX. Como resultado, ha sido posible generar una nueva propuesta de diseño urbano para la regio IV, basada en una trama ortogonal de insulae de 30x30 m, e identificar diversas estructuras entre las que destaca un edificio singular que con todas las precauciones debidas podría tratarse de un santuario urbano de importantes dimensiones.
Palabras clave. Prospección geofísica; Urbanismo romano; Complutum; Templo romano
AbstractThe paper shows the research on the urban pattern of the regio IV of the Roman city of Complutum: a geophysical survey accompanied by the study of some archaeological remains recently excavated, and the documentation from some 19th century excavations. Therefore, it has been possible to generate a new urban design proposal for the regio IV, and to identify different archaeological buildings, specially one that might have been an urban sanctuary of important dimensions.
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