property · prop_iberia1_fortified_or_enclosed_settlement
Fortified or enclosed settlement evidence
Excavated or securely documented defensive or enclosing architecture.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Research description
The property records physical enclosure, walling or fortification. It does not automatically imply warfare, statehood, permanent centralization or a capital.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
The La Bastida fortification: new light and new questions on Early Bronze Age societies in the western Mediterranean — Roberto Risch, Vicente Lull, Rafael Micó, Cristina Rihuete-Herrada (2014)Defines a securely defensive fortification case.
Locator: pp. 395–410 - supports · provides archaeological observation
Novos dados sobre o Castro dos Ratinhos (Moura, Portugal): ocupação do Bronze Final e transição para a Idade do Ferro — João Fonte, Tiago do Pereiro, Miguel Serra (2024)Provides a later fortified hilltop sequence.
Locator: pp. 119–135