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El presente trabajo constituye la base teórica y conceptual desde la que se ha abordado el estudio de los paisajes fortificados de época moderna en la parte occidental de la frontera luso-galaica y se ha diseñado un programa de investigación para tal fin. Se propone una aproximación al estudio de ambas realidades del registro arqueológico desde una aproximación simbiótica entre la Arqueología del Paisaje y la Arqueología de la Arquitectura, introduciendo los conceptos de espacio construido y Arqueología del Espacio Construido, This work proposes a theoretical and conceptual basis for the study of the fortified landscapes of the GalicianPortuguese border in the Modern Age. From this theoretical framework there was designed a research program that studies these landscapes. It proposes an approach to the study of this type of archaeological record from the Landscape Archeology and the Archeology of Architecture, introducing the concepts of built space and Archeology of Built Space

In the Institute of Heritage Sciences (Incipit), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), we have developed a transdisciplinary research project to study the Modern Age (17th century) fortified landscapes in the Galician-Portuguese border. In recent years, different techniques based on geospatial technologies for landscape analysis have allowed us, among other things, to identify and visualize some of these fortifications, to analyse their conservation status and to understand their relationship with other fortified elements. Among these techniques, we include the photogrammetric restitution of historical aerial photos and airborne laser scanning data. The research of this fortified landscape was based on documentary and bibliographic sources, archaeological prospection, architectural survey, photo-interpretation, the formal analysis of archaeological space, where we include the movement and perception analysis, the stratigraphic analysis or the use of a number of representation systems. Many of these fortifications from the Minho valley present significant conservation problems, since in some cases they are built on earth, wholly or partially destroyed after the war or hidden under dense vegetation. Some of these fortified structures were identified in the documentary sources,but are not visible nowadays or in the field or even on recent aerial photos. In these cases, the archaeological work has been done with the photointerpretation of historical aerial photos from the 1950s and the use of airborne laser scanning data. This poster will summarize the workflow and results of the application of these geospatial technologies to the Galician-Portuguese border fortified landscape. For our purposes, the application of airborne laser scanning data has allowed us to identify the archaeological features that were hidden by vegetation. We were then able to document the exact location of some fortifications, to check their condition and, above all, to make them visible, enha

[ES] El texto recoge el resultado de los trabajos realizados en el Castillo de La Palma entre los meses de junio a septiembre de 2004, con motivo de la realización del proyecto “Sondeos arqueológicos, lectura de alzados y rectificación fotográfica de las fachadas este y sur del Castillo de La Palma (Mugardos, A Coruña)”. El proyecto lo encargó la sociedad Castillo de La Palma Mugardos S.A. a un equipo conjunto del “Laboratorio de Arqueoloxía del Paisaxe” del CSIC y del “Laboratorio de Patrimonio, Paleoambiente e Paisaxe” del IIT – USC. Estos trabajos se enmarcaban en la elaboración de un proyecto arquitectónico para la rehabilitación de dicho castillo como Hotel-Spa., [EN] The text reflects the result of work carried out in the Castle of La Palma between June and September 2004 as part of the project "Archaeological Surveys, reading elevations and Photographic rectification of the east and south facades of the Castle La Palma (Mugardos, A Coruña)". The project was commissioned by the Society Castillo de La Palma Mugardos S.A. a joint team of the "Laboratory of Paisaxe Arqueoloxía" CSIC and the "Laboratory Heritage, Paleoenvironment and Paisaxe" IIT - USC. This work is framed in the development of an architectural project for the rehabilitation of the castle as Hotel.

[EN] The beginning of the Modern Age is highly visible in the transformations that took place in the landscape of the Baixo Miño region during the period of war suffered by this border emplacement. Advances in the technical knowledge and poliorcetic planning created the most suitable forms for defending the territory. Unlike the situation in other historical periods or areas of study, we know the theoretical and defensive strategies that were used as the basis for military constructions for each specific purpose and emplacement. Military idiosyncrasy allows little leeway to the builders, which means that the implantation of the general systems of fortification and defense along the Galician-Portuguese border were planned on the basis of exhaustive knowledge of the natural environment in which they had to be located. Consequently it was the landscape that had to the dominated in order to choose the precise location where the fortifications were to be built., [EN] The beginning of the Modern Age is highly visible in the transformations that took place in the landscape of the Baixo Miño region during the period of war suffered by this border emplacement. Advances in the technical knowledge and poliorcetic planning created the most suitable forms for defending the territory. Unlike the situation in other historical periods or areas of study, we know the theoretical and defensive strategies that were used as the basis for military constructions for each specific purpose and emplacement. Military idiosyncrasy allows little leeway to the builders, which means that the implantation of the general systems of fortification and defense along the Galician-Portuguese border were planned on the basis of exhaustive knowledge of the natural environment in which they had to be located. Consequently it was the landscape that had to the dominated in order to choose the precise location where the fortifications were to be built.