| This important collection of essays presents the first survey in English of the archaeological and historical evidence for the development of urbanism in Iberia - evidence crucial for our understanding of the origin of ancient towns in Europe. The Iberian peninsula is a region of great potential for archaeological study, because of its key geographical position in south-western Europe and its rich and varied cultural background. These papers, by leading European scholars in the field, combine broad period-based syntheses of modern scholarship with specific examples from recent work at major sites.
The volume is edited by Barry Cunliffe, Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy, and Simon Keay, Senior Lecturer in the Archaeology of Iberia and the Roman Empire, University of Southampton.
The papers arise from a conference on 'Urbanism in Iberia' held at the Academy in February 1994. | CONTENTS - Introduction, Barry Cunliffe & Simon Keay
- Diversity in the Landscape: The Geographical Background to Urbanism in Iberia, Barry Cunliffe (summary)
- Urbanism in Copper and Bronze Age Iberia? Robert Chapman (summary)
- From Trading Post to Town in the Phoenician-Punic World, Maria Eugenia Aubet (summary)
- Phoenician Toscanos as a Settlement Model? Its Urbanistic Character in the Context of Phoenician Expansion and Iberian Acculturation, Hans Georg Niemeyer (summary)
- Plaza de Armas de Puente Tablas: New Contributions to the Knowledge of Iberian Town Planning in the Seventh to Fourth Centuries BC, Arturo Ruiz Rodríguez (summary)
- The Fortified Settlement of La Picola (Santa Pola, Alicante) and the Greek Influence in South-east Spain, Pierre Moret, Ana Puigcerver, Pierre Rouillard, María José Sánchez & Pierre Sillières (summary)
- Greek Imports at the Extremities of the Mediterranean, West and East: Reflections on the Case of Iberia in the Fifth Century BC, B B Shefton (summary)
- Recent Discoveries at the Harbour of the Greek City of Emporion (L'Escala, Catalonia, Spain) and in its Surrounding Area (Quarries and Iron Workshops), Enric Sanmartí-Greco (summary)
- From Hillforts to Oppida in 'Celtic' Iberia, Martín Almagro-Gorbea (summary)
- Las Cogotas: Oppida and the Roots of Urbanism in the Spanish Meseta, Gonzalo Ruiz Zapatero & Jesús R Alvarez-Sanchís (summary)
- The Iron Age in South and Central Portugal and the Emergence of Urban Centres, Virgílio Hipólito Correia (summary)
- Portuguese Castros: The Evolution of the Habitat and the Proto-Urbanization Process, Armando Coelho Ferreira da Silva (summary)
- Innovation and Adaptation: The Contribution of Rome to Urbanism in Iberia, Simon Keay (summary)
- neque elegantem, ut arbitror, neque urbanum: Reflections on Iberian Urbanism, J S Richardson (summary)
- New Evidence for the Study of the Urbanism of Tarraco, Xavier Dupré i Raventós (summary)
- Recent Archaeological Research at Asturica Augusta, Victorino García Marcos & Julio M Vidal Encinas (summary)
- Recent Work at Italica, José Manuel Rodríguez Hidalgo & Simon Keay (summary)
- Roman Towns and Their Charters: Legislation and Experience, M H Crawford (summary)
- Abstracts (in both English and Spanish)
- Index
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