New action plan proposals for the study of the oppidum of Iliturgi based on the archaeology of the territory

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present action proposals for the study of the oppidum of Iliturgi part of the Research Project “Iliturgi:  conflicto,  culto  y  territorio  s.  III  a.C.-  I  d.C."  (PI12-HUM-2619), based on a new methodological approach , from archaeology of the territory , which may provide some clues to its political and social evolution from the Iberian period to its eventaual transformation into a Roman town. The proposed analysis is based on a global plan of archaeological surveys reinforced by a Geographic  Information  System  (GIS)  with  our  investigation  focused  on  three  basic  models  for understanding   the   historical   evolution   of   Iliturgi   and   its   territory;   1.   The   Second   Punic   War methodological research model and its experimentation in the territory of Iliturgi. 2. The evolutionary model of the cult practices and rituals; and their manifestation in the structural systems of the ancient territories;  3.  The  model  of structuring  the  territory  of  an oppidum in  the  Upper  Guadalquivir  Valley between  the  7th  century  BC  and  the  1st  century  AD  as  the  system  of  organizing  the  settlement  in  the territory can inform us of the dynamic of the oppidum itself.