Jaime Vives-Ferrándiz Sánchez
I have been Curator in the Museum of Prehistory of Valencia (Spain) since 2004. My principal field of research focuses on the Western Mediterranean during the first millennium BC. I am especially interested in colonial situations, exchange relationships, movements of people and material culture in the Mediterranean, especially during the Bronze and Iron Ages.
Currently I am field co-director of the research project in the Iberian settlement of La Bastida de les Alcusses (Moixent, Valencia, Spain). Also I have been member of the research and excavation project in Lixus (Larache, Morocco) since 1999.
As Curator of the Museum of Prehistory in Valencia, I conduct research on the materiality of the Iberians (6th-1st centuries BC) both in the past and in the present. On the one hand, I am interested in the social and material reproduction of Iberian communities. On the other hand, I develop projects to preserve and present Iberian sites to the public while studying their social and political roles in contemporary Valencian and Spanish society.
Address: C/ Corona 36
46003
Valencia (Spain)
Currently I am field co-director of the research project in the Iberian settlement of La Bastida de les Alcusses (Moixent, Valencia, Spain). Also I have been member of the research and excavation project in Lixus (Larache, Morocco) since 1999.
As Curator of the Museum of Prehistory in Valencia, I conduct research on the materiality of the Iberians (6th-1st centuries BC) both in the past and in the present. On the one hand, I am interested in the social and material reproduction of Iberian communities. On the other hand, I develop projects to preserve and present Iberian sites to the public while studying their social and political roles in contemporary Valencian and Spanish society.
Address: C/ Corona 36
46003
Valencia (Spain)
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The first evidence of a road network at La Bastida de les Alcusses is presented. Different geospatial techniques applied to archaeological research such as GIS, LiDAR and GPS, as well as surveys and excavations allowed the identification of 824 m of structure on the southern slope of the settlement. The road is at least 3.5 wide and the construction technique consists of a terraced wall. It can be dated to between the 5th and 4th century BC due to its association with the oppidum.
We analyse the Attic pottery from La Bastida de les Alcusses (Moixent, Valencia), a short-lived Iberian oppidum that spans the 4th century BC. The assemblage is representative because it comes from different areas that include houses, public buildings, streets and gates. We have identified 29 types that have been classified into four functional groups: tableware constitutes more than 98 % of the assemblage and the rest are related to the toilette, lamps and other objects. The distribution in the settlement shows that Attic pottery is present in all the compounds and blocks, and it may well have been part of the tableware of many of the inhabitants and their commensal politics. Unusual concentrations of dozens of objects are interpreted as stocks either in a public storeroom o in houses. Functional sets for solid and liquid foodstuffs are distributed regularly among different houses. There are no imports in rich residences. This pattern is explained as different material strategies by heterogeneous elites.
The first evidence of a road network at La Bastida de les Alcusses is presented. Different geospatial techniques applied to archaeological research such as GIS, LiDAR and GPS, as well as surveys and excavations allowed the identification of 824 m of structure on the southern slope of the settlement. The road is at least 3.5 wide and the construction technique consists of a terraced wall. It can be dated to between the 5th and 4th century BC due to its association with the oppidum.
We analyse the Attic pottery from La Bastida de les Alcusses (Moixent, Valencia), a short-lived Iberian oppidum that spans the 4th century BC. The assemblage is representative because it comes from different areas that include houses, public buildings, streets and gates. We have identified 29 types that have been classified into four functional groups: tableware constitutes more than 98 % of the assemblage and the rest are related to the toilette, lamps and other objects. The distribution in the settlement shows that Attic pottery is present in all the compounds and blocks, and it may well have been part of the tableware of many of the inhabitants and their commensal politics. Unusual concentrations of dozens of objects are interpreted as stocks either in a public storeroom o in houses. Functional sets for solid and liquid foodstuffs are distributed regularly among different houses. There are no imports in rich residences. This pattern is explained as different material strategies by heterogeneous elites.