Contribution to the study of the Alto de La Garma hillfort (Cantabria): the pottery of the Early Iron Age
<p>The archaeological site of Alto de La Garma (Omoño, Ribamontán al Monte, Spain) is an early Iron Age hillfort located in the littoral of Cantabria. The excavations have documented a fortification dated to the viith century bc, rebuilt at a later time. Inside the fortified area, some circula...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Zephyrus |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0514-7336/article/view/13056 |
| Summary: | <p>The archaeological site of Alto de La Garma (Omoño, Ribamontán al Monte, Spain) is an early Iron Age hillfort located in the littoral of Cantabria. The excavations have documented a fortification dated to the viith century bc, rebuilt at a later time. Inside the fortified area, some circular huts have been found.</p><p>This paper presents the macroscopic analysis of the pottery ensemble focused on the technological, morphological and decorative features. That will provide a solid ground for future studies of this type of material in other sites of the region. To finish, it presents a comparison of this ensemble with the remains recorded in others contemporary archaeological sites of the area, highlighting the similarities and differences between them.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 0514-7336 2386-3943 |