María Dolores Sánchez de Prado

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.

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».