¿Continuidad o discontinuidad en los castros del noroeste? Una revisión de la secuencia del yacimiento de Viladonga (Castro de Rei, Lugo).

Abstract

We present in this paper the main results of a revision of the chronological sequence of Viladonga (Castro de Rei, Lugo) through a chrono-stratigraphic analyses of the material culture, with special regard to pottery assembleages. This hilltop occupation has been one of most important sites through which scholars have developed an archaeological narrative of the so-called "galaic-Roman" period in the northwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula. It was particularly important for the debate around the continuity of this hilltop occupations through the post-Roman and Suevic periods, generating a diversity of interpretations on the settlement articulation in this crucial historical context. These interpretations were based on the idea that this site, and others with similar characteristics, were occupied through a long sequence between the 2nd century and 5th century AD. However, other interpretations suggested a possible break in the occupational sequence, even though they were not being specifically considered. The chrono-stratigraphic analyses of Viladonga have come to propose a new sequence with two major phases of occupation, disrupted by a hiatus between the 2nd and the fourth century and a final phase of abandonment in the 6th century AD. Consequently, this sequence implies a revision of the main paradigms on the transformation of the settlement pattern in the northwestern part of the Iberian peninsula in this period.