The Iberian Peninsula between 300 and 850 : an archaeological perspective / Javier Martínez Jiménez, Isaac Sastre de Diego, Carlos Tejerizo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martínez Jiménez, Javier (Archaeologist), author.

Sastre de Diego, Isaac, 1978- author.

Tejerizo García, Carlos, author.

Series:

Late antique and early medieval Iberia.

Late antique and early medieval Iberia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iberian Peninsula--Antiquities.

Iberian Peninsula.

Iberian Peninsula--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leeds, UK : Arc Humanities Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The vast transformation of the Roman world at the end of antiquity has been a subject of broad scholarly interest for decades, but until now no book has focused specifically on the Iberian Peninsula in the period as seen through an archaeological lens. Given the sparse documentary evidence available, archaeology holds the key to a richer understanding of the developments of the period, and this book addresses a number of issues that arise from analysis of the available material culture, including questions of the process of Christianisation and Islamisation, continuity and abandonment of Roman urban patterns and forms, the end of villas and the growth of villages, and the adaptation of the population and the elites to the changing political circumstances.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preliminary notes

Preface

Introduction

Part 1. The Late Roman period

1. The settings of late Roman Hispania

2. New townscapes in the late Empire

3. The economy and the rural world in the late Empire

4. Christianization and Germanization: New evidence for current debates

Part 2. The post-Roman period

5. Towns and cities under Christian prevalence

6. The new rural landscape

7. A new material culture: a new society, a new economy

Part 3. The Early Middle Ages

8. The formation of a new Medieval materiality

9. Conclusions

Appendix 1. Site reference table

Appendix 2. Maps

Appendix 3. Lists of rulers

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-70655-X

1-04-078107-1

1-04-079740-7

90-485-5120-X

90-485-2574-8

9781003706557

OCLC:

1051137793