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Book reviews - Crítica de libros - Crítica de livros (index) Susan Kilby: Peasant Perspectives on the Medieval Landscape: A study of three communities Carlos Tejerizo-García Briony McDonagh: Elite Women and the Agricultural Landscape, 1700-1830 Nicola Verdon Amanda L. Capern, Briony McDonagh and Jennifer Aston (Eds.): Women and the Land 1500-1900 Clare V. J. Griffiths Anne-Lise Head-König, Luigi Lorenzetti, Martin Stuber and Rahel Wunderli (Eds.): Pâturages et forêts collectifs. Économie, participation, durabilité / Kollektive Weiden und Wälder. Ökonomie, Partizipation, Nachhaltigkeit Giulia Beltrametti Stuart G. McCook: Coffee Is Not Forever: A Global History of the Coffee Leaf Rust Albert Folch James Simpson y Juan Carmona: Why Democracy Failed. The Agrarian Origins of the Spanish Civil War Lourenzo Fernández Prieto Bert Theunissen: Beauty or Statistics. Practice and Science in Dutch Livestock Breeding, 1900-2000 Reinaldo Funes Monzote Sylvain Brunier: Le bonheur dans la modernité. Conseillers agricoles et agriculteurs (1945-1985) Daniel Lanero Táboas Francisco García González (Ed.): Vivir en soledad. Viudedad, soltería y abandono en el mundo rural (España y América Latina, siglos XVI-XXI) Joana María Pujadas Mora

The results of this study allow for a review of the iconography in Pala de Cabras rock-shelter (Ourense). This site, with 15 art panels, is one of the most complex sites with Iberian Schematic Art in the Northwestern part of Iberia.Within this ensemble, three representations of the so-called eyed-idols, soliform, ramiform and zig-zag stand out. The identification of new figures implied the revision of the chronological frame of this rock art site and, therefore, implies a new analisys on its cultural context into the Iberian rock art regions. The presence of this rock-shelter in the eastern Galician mountain range is helping to define the encounter zone of two different rock art traditions: the Schematic art and the Atlantic art. Los resultados del presente estudio han permitido redefinir la iconografía del abrigo de Pala de Cabras (Ourense). Este yacimiento, con 15 paneles, constituye uno de los conjuntos con Arte Esquemático más complejos del noroeste de la Península Ibérica. Entre las figuras pintadas destacan 3 representaciones de las llamadas figuras oculadas, soliformes, ramiformes y zig-zag. La identificación de nuevas figuras obliga a una revisión del marco cronológico del yacimiento y, por lo tanto, a un nuevo análisis de su contexto cultural dentro de las regiones rupestres de la Península Ibérica. La presencia de este abrigo en las sierras orientales gallegas, está ayudando a definir la zona de encuentro entre dos tradiciones rupestres: la Esquemática y la Atlántica.

In this paper I present the main results of an extensive pottery analysis carried out on thirty early medieval rural contexts located in the centre and northwestern Iberia. Through an analysis based on the chaînes opératoires a sequence of the pottery assemblages between the 5th and 8th century is presented. I will use three main variables: technology, form and regionalization. Thus, I will propose a pottery seriation in different phases which allows for a social and political historical approach of early medieval societies in this territory., En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de una detallada revisión de la cerámica doméstica de época altomedieval de una treintena de yacimientos del centro y noroeste peninsular. Mediante un análisis basado en las cadenas tecnológico-operativas se propone una secuenciación de los repertorios cerámicos entre los siglos V y VIII d. n. e. en torno a tres variables principales: tecnológica, formal y regional. De esta manera se propone una seriación cerámica de los conjuntos dividida en varias fases que permite una aproximación histórica en términos sociales y políticos a las sociedades altomedievales de este territorio.

The occupation of hillforts may be considered as one of the most radical and noticeable changes undergone by Western Europe’s post-Roman landscapes. These sites have traditionally been interpreted from a top-down perspective, usually linked to such monocausal explanations as the Barbarian invasions. However, the archaeological data shows that hillfort occupation was a complex, multi-faceted phenomenon that does not strictly conform to such interpretations. Multi proxy spatial analyses based on regional and comparative approaches constitute a powerful tool for a more complex social analysis which can further our understanding of this phenomenon. Evidence gathered in northern Spain over the last decades makes this region a perfect case study to test these analyses. Hence, we will propose three different models to approach hillfort occupation related to different mechanisms deployed by communities inside them to exercise power and control over peoples and resources. We will argue that, as well as con...

Resumen: La intensa renovacion de los estudios en torno al poblamiento de la Alta Edad Media en la Peninsula Iberica esta permitiendo la reorientacion de las metodologias de analisis hacia la mejor comprension de este momento historico. Asi, la creciente masa de datos disponible y el avance en los estudios regionales aumentan la capacidad de la Arqueologia para el reconocimiento y caracterizacion del esquivo poblamiento rural altomedieval. A partir de la excavacion en extension de uno de estos contextos en la zona central de la cuenca del Duero, La Mata del Palomar, se ha planteado un proyecto de prospeccion arqueologica en un territorio localizado en el noroeste de la actual provincia de Segovia, entre los rios Voltoya y Eresma. En este articulo se presentaran los primeros resultados e interrogantes surgidos a partir de la primera campana de prospeccion tomando como objeto de analisis el cambio en los patrones de estructuracion de los paisajes a partir de los datos arqueologicos y documentales. Palabras clave: Prospeccion Arqueologica; Paisaje; Poblamiento; Cuenca del Duero; Arqueologia de la Alta Edad Media; Larga duracion. Abstract: Over the last years the advancement of early medieval settlement studies in the Iberian Peninsula has enabled researchers to propose more adequate methodologies for the analysis of this historical period. Thanks to the increasing mass of archaeological data and regional studies we are in a better position to recognize and characterize early medieval settlements. This essay presents an archaeological survey project that, building on the recent excavation of an early medieval village, that of La Mata del Palomar, analyses a territory between the rivers Voltoya and Eresma, in the north west of the province of Segovia. This essay presents the results of a first archaeological survey and discusses the questions that arise from a preliminary approach to the archaeological and the documentary evidence. Keywords: Archaeological Survey; Landscape; Settlement pattern