Alberto José Lorrio Alvarado

El Molón (Camporrobles, Valencia): un poblado de primera época islámica

The ancient islamic settlement of El Molon (Camporrobles, Valencia) is placed on a cretacic plateau mountain that rises up dominating the whole of the north-eastern area of the Utiel-Requena region (Valencia) and the surrounding lands, the mountainous area know as Baja Serrania Conquense. This emplacement, ideal for a strategic and defensive settlement, and the presence of a lagoon at the foot of the mountain, helped the development of an hisn type of settlement. A religious building –a mosque– is located inside. This fortified settlement is divided into three areas. Moreover, on the south slope of the mountain there is an area where suburbs might have once existed, and on the north one there are some enclosures and one cistern. The Molon hillfort showed an outstanding occupation during the Iron Age. The Islamic settlement dates back to between the 8th and 10th Centuries AD, as confirmed by some of the earlier types of «Valencian cooking pot» that were exclusively found in this area.

El Bronce Final en el levante de la península Ibérica: bases arqueológicas y periodización

Research surrounding the transition from II to I millennium cal BC in Eastern Iberian Peninsula has a large and extensive tradition of investigation. However, the chances to do research on this historical process have been limited by the lack of a well contextualized and dated stratigraphic sequence. For this reason, recent studies in this topic have followed the periodic proposals which were developed in closer regions and areas, especially in the South East and North East of the Peninsula. The investigation perspective about the Late Bronze in Eastern Iberian has however now improved, with the development of several archaeological investigations, the increase in the number of sites being dated and more recent studies into the region helping to bring about this change. As such, it is now in the correct state to be able to propose a new periodization and delve into the changes which occurred in the transition between 1500 and 725 cal BC.

UNA FALCATA DAMASQUINADA PROCEDENTE DE LA PLANA DE UTIEL (VALENCIA): ESTUDIO TIPOLÓGICO, TECNOLÓGICO Y RESTAURACIÓN

Estudio tipologico y metalografico de una falcata iberica con decoracion damasquinada, cuyo motivo principal es una escena de lucha entre un jabali y un felino. La hoja del arma esta formada por un alma de hierro dulce recubierta por una lamina de acero y una tercera varilla que forma el dorso o contrafilo, todas ellas soldadas a la calda y forjadas. Por el contexto del hallazgo, parece que debio formar parte de un deposito, seguramente de herrero. Se describe tambien el tratamiento de restauracion aplicado a la falcata.

Clasificación automática de formas cerámicas completas: un estudio comparativo de diversos métodos multivariantes

El presenteestudioresumelosresultadosde aplicardiferentestécnicasdeanálisismultivariantea un grupode 36 vasijas de cerámicagris orientalizante (LORRIO, 1988-89) procedente de la necrópolis de Medellín(Badajoz),delasquelagranmayoría,34en total, hansido interpretadascomo urnasy sólo2 se hanconsideradocomoungúentarios, dadosupequeño tamañoy la estrechezde su cuello y boca. Se resumeinicialmenteelcontextoculturaly cronológico de la necrópolis, para a continuaciónabordar la discusióndelosdiferentesmétodosutilizadosparala clasificación’.

La inscripción latina pintada sobre cerámica de El Castellar (Crevillent, Alicante)

We present a Latin inscription painted on a local pottery shard from the Early Roman Empire, which was discovered by chance on the southeastern slope of El Castellar (Crevillent, Alicante). The object should be attributed to the workshops in La Alcudia (Elche) and adds to the few epigraphic documents on pottery documented in the area of Ilici.

La Peña del Castillo (Peñas de San Pedro, Albacete): de "oppidum" ibérico a fortaleza cristiana

Este trabajo se ha realizado dentro del marco del proyecto HAR2010-20479 del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion «Bronce Final Edad del Hierro en el Levante y el Sureste de la peninsula Iberica: Cambio cultural y procesos de etnogenesis».