entity · site_iberia1_la_bastida
La Bastida
Also known as: La Bastida de Totana
large fortified settlement
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.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
2200 BCE–1550 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · 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)Documents the fortification and site significance.
Locator: pp. 395–410 - informs · locates
La Bastida — Ayuntamiento de Totana, Turismo TotanaProvides modern orientation, not an ancient boundary.
Locator: site location and municipal description
Research description
Major Argaric settlement with long occupation and monumental fortifications. Its terminal phases are relevant to the end of Argaric institutions, while the famous fortification chiefly belongs to earlier antecedent phases.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Fortified or enclosed settlement evidence
Excavated or securely documented defensive or enclosing architecture.
Why does this record have this property?
The physical fortification is secure; its wider political and transmission implications remain interpreted.
- The La Bastida fortification: new light and new questions on Early Bronze Age societies in the western Mediterranean
supports assignment and caveat · pp. 395–410
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)Documents the fortification and site significance.
Locator: pp. 395–410 - supports · locates
La Bastida — Ayuntamiento de Totana, Turismo TotanaProvides modern orientation, not an ancient boundary.
Locator: site location and municipal description
Referenced records
- Southeast Iberia and post-Argaric interaction frame · entity
- Geography assertion for site_iberia1_la_bastida · geography assertion