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EL ÁREA SUPERFICIAL DE LOS OPPIDA EN LA HISPANIA "CÉLTICA"

1995; Servicio de Publicaciones; Volume: 6; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Espanhol

10.5209/cmpl.31079

1988-2327

Martín Almagro Gorbea, Antonio E Dávila,

Medieval Architecture and Archaeology

El analisis del tamano de unos 100 oppida de superficie conocida de la Hispania Celtica proporciona datos de indudable interes para conocer su estructura urbanistica, socio-politica y territorial. El tamano medio es de unas 20 Ha, aunque solo 4 superan las 50 Ha; 14 ocupan de 50 a 25 Ha; mas del 50%, entre 25 y 10 Ha; 24, de 10 a 5 Ha y muy pocos oppida ocupan menos de 5 Ha. El analisis de los tamanos permite senalar cuatro zonas, relacionadas con las distintas areas etno-culturales: 1a, el borde meridional y oriental de la Meseta, con poblaciones de tipo iberico, Oretanos y Olcades; 2a, las llanuras sedimentarias ocupadas por Carpetanos y Vacceos cuyos grandes oppida alcanzan hasta 100 Ha; 3a, la Hispania humeda, de Galaicos, Astures, Cantabros, Vascones, etc., con oppida tardios y de escaso tamano; 4a, las areas marginales de zonas montanosas que no alcanzaron una estructura urbana en la Antiguedad = An analysis of nearly 100 oppida with known area in Celtic Iberia has provided some very interesting results about its urban settlement and socio-political structure. The average area is about 20 Ha, but only 4 are bigger than 50 Ha; 14 are between 50 and 25 Ha; more than 50%, between 25 and 10 Ha; 24, from 10 to 5 Ha and only a few are less than 5 Ha. This analysis allows to distinguish four cultural areas, related with different ethnics groups: 1, the southern and eastern border of the Meseta occupied by Iberian peoples, as Oretani and Olcades; 2, the Meseta plains where the oppida of the Carpetani and Vaccei were as large as 100 Ha; 3, northern Hispania, where lived Galaici, Astures, Cantabri, Vascones, etc., whose oppida were smaller and of a later age; 4, the mountain areas, as the Pyrenees, etc., which had no oppida structure in Antiquity.