A new view on the "oppida" of Temperate Europe
Keywords:
Iron Age, Urbanism, Fürstensitze, Oppida, Sanctuaries.
Abstract
The development of the oppida, large Late Iron Age agglomerations, is one of the most notable phenomena of European Protohistory, and also one of the most studied. However, the research of recent decades currently offers us a new insight into their origin, characteristics and functions. In addition to purely economic aspects, recent studies emphasize the important political and religious role played by these centres. Similarly, the discovery of a growing number of large open agglomerations shows that settlement structure was much more complex than traditionally thought. In this article I shall try to deconstruct some quite firmly entrenched myths, propose numerous qualifications and offer an at least partially alternative view on the oppida of Temperate Europe.Downloads
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2013-05-27
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Fernández-Götz M. (2013). A new view on the "oppida" of Temperate Europe. Complutum, 24(1), 131-150. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CMPL.2013.v24.n1.42328
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