出版社：Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
摘要：The possibility that the social and economic structure of pre-roman castreñas (hillfort) communities corresponds to the concept of a peasant society is analysed. For this we make use of the archaeological record of the castros (hillforts) at the Archaeological Zone of Las Medulas, in the SW of the province of Leon, at three levels of analysis: the units of occupation of the villages as basic cells of agricultural production and consumption; the suitability of the castros to be viewed as self-sufficient peasant communities; the specificity of their forms of life, rationality and economy as builders of a peasant landscape. In this way issues such as ownership and the degree and type of hierarchization of these communities are discussed. The Roman presence in this area lead to a rapid process of dissolution of this native social structure. The mining interests promote a big change, both economic and social; which is visible in the population patterns arid exploitation of the territory, in short, in the construction of a new mining landscape, besides the previous peasant one.
关键词：Ancient Landscapes;Castreña;( hillfort) Culture;Peasant Societies;Archaeological Zone of Las Medulas;Paisajes antiguos;Cultura Castreña;Sociedades campesinas;Zona Arqueológica de Las Médulas
