Papers by Guillermo García-Contreras Ruiz
Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Granada
El objetivo de este trabajo es dar a conocer los principales resultados de dos intervenciones arq... more El objetivo de este trabajo es dar a conocer los principales resultados de dos intervenciones arqueológicas llevadas a cabo en la ciudad de Medina Elvira (siglos IX-XI). Una se realizó en donde se ha propuesto que estuvo el centro urbano, y así parece confirmarlo la densidad de estructuras. La segunda intervención se localizó en uno los límites orientales de la ciudad, donde se ha podido documentar una necrópolis, si bien en algún momento la ciudad siguió creciendo más allá. Aunque ambas intervenciones se realizaron mediante sondeos de pequeñas dimensiones, los resultados permiten aportar nuevos datos sobre la organización de Madinat Ilbira, capital de la vega de Granada en época emiral y califal.
The aim of this paper is present briefly the main findings of the archaeological research carried... more The aim of this paper is present briefly the main findings of the archaeological research carried out in connection with the redevelopment of the university campus of Cartuja (Granada). The intervention has had two phases, one of excavation surveys during the summer of 2013 and another, since May 2014 to June 2015, with archaeological monitoring, control earthmoving and excavation of new areas. All this works has led to an overview of the historical evolution in this area, northern of the city of Granada, from Roman times to the present day, including medieval and modern occupation.
El proyecto «Landscapes of (Re) Conquest: Dynamics of Multicultural Frontiers in Medieval South W... more El proyecto «Landscapes of (Re) Conquest: Dynamics of Multicultural Frontiers in Medieval South Western Europe» propone el estudio de las relaciones entre los cambios culturales y los cambios medioambientales en las sociedades fronterizas del suroeste de Europa durante el periodo formativo de la Edad Media, en el momento en el que estos territorios fueron conformados y definidos por sucesivas oleadas de guerras, cambios de regimen politico, oposiciones identitarias y procesos de colonizacion. El Proyecto esta organizado en torno a las capacidades tecnicas y de analisis historico, arqueologico y paleoambiental de un nutrido grupo de investigadores que trabajan en torno a tres instituciones academicas: la University of Reading y la University of York, ambas en Reino Unido, y la Universidad de Granada, en Espana.
Entre el 12 y el 14 de junio de 2012 se celebraron en el Museo de la Casa de los Tiros de Granada... more Entre el 12 y el 14 de junio de 2012 se celebraron en el Museo de la Casa de los Tiros de Granada una nueva edicion, y fue ya la decimotercera, de las Jornadas de Arqueologia Medieval auspiciadas por el Grupo de investigacion ?Toponimia, Historia y Arqueologia del Reino de Granada?. Como en casi todas las ocasiones anteriores en las que se han celebrado estos encuentros, el objetivo era reunir a los investigadores del grupo y ponerlos en relacion con especialistas venidos de fuera, con el objetivo de debatir problematicas comunes en torno a la disciplina que nos une: la Arqueologia Medieval. La particularidad de estas XIII jornadas, frente a las celebradas otros anos, fue abrirlas, ademas de a los ponentes, a otros investigadores, noveles en su mayoria, que manifestaron su voluntad de participar en las sesiones mediante poster, lo que enriquecio enormemente la reunion, asi como las paginas de este libro.
Landscapes of (Re)Conquest project: investigando la perspectiva socioambiental de las fronteras m... more Landscapes of (Re)Conquest project: investigando la perspectiva socioambiental de las fronteras medievales en el suroeste de Europa .
Madrider Mitteilungen, 2019
The paper presents the results of non-invasive investigations conducted at the archaeological sit... more The paper presents the results of non-invasive investigations conducted at the archaeological site of Madīnat Ilbīra – a medieval town located in the centre of the plain of Granada and the capital of one of the kūras of al-Andalus. Three methods were applied during the survey: terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), electrical resistance (profiling) and magnetometry. Altogether, the survey covered an area greater than 30 ha. In spite of drastic transformations and the levelling of the primary surface across the majority of the site’s area, the research produced important data concerning the presumed location of a citadel, as well the extent of the urban space. Magnetic anomalies registered in the course of the survey allowed the researchers to locate the outlines of walls and hearths (or kilns) and indicated the presence of a regular spatial layout at least in some districts of the site.
The Medieval Countryside, 2021
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2021
This article presents the results of the zooarchaeological analysis of an assemblage dating to th... more This article presents the results of the zooarchaeological analysis of an assemblage dating to the second quarter of the 16th century that was discovered on the current university campus of Cartuja, on the outskirts of Granada (Andalusia, Spain). During the Middle Ages, this area was largely used for agricultural purposes, including as estates owned by high officials of the Nasrid dynasty, the last Islamicate polity in the Iberian Peninsula. The Castilian conquest of Granada in 1492 brought significant changes to the area, with the construction of a Carthusian monastery and the transformation of the surrounding landscape, including changes in property structures, different agrarian regimes and the demolition of pre-existing structures. Among these transformations was the filling up of a well with construction materials, and its further use as a rubbish dump. This fill yielded an interesting and unique zooarchaeological assemblage, the study of which is presented here. The results ad...
Para trabajarlo son precisos 3 amasadores, a razón de un dirham y medio, un asistente, un hornero... more Para trabajarlo son precisos 3 amasadores, a razón de un dirham y medio, un asistente, un hornero, a medio dirham, medio ochavo de sal y agua, y cinco ochavos de leña, con un total de 33 dirhemes y medio ochavo. 89
La intervención arqueológica de apoyo a la restauración de El Fuerte de Lanteira llevada a cabo e... more La intervención arqueológica de apoyo a la restauración de El Fuerte de Lanteira llevada a cabo en el año 2009 nos ha permitido retomar la reflexión sobre la configuración de esta alquería en época medieval, que tiene validez como ejemplo para reflexionar sobre algunas de las principales cuestiones que aún siguen pendientes para entender adecuadamente este modelo de poblamiento en el conjunto de al-Andalus y, más específicamente, en el territorio granadino.
Antiquity, 2020
The 'Landscapes of (Re)Conquest' project investigates the dynamics of medieval frontier societies... more The 'Landscapes of (Re)Conquest' project investigates the dynamics of medieval frontier societies in Southwest Europe through the lens of the cultural landscape. It compares diverse regional borderlands in Spain, created by successive waves of Islamic and Christian conquests, with the Pyrenean frontier on either side of the Albigensian Crusade and aims to reconnect the castles of frontier authorities with their associated territories from a heritage perspective.
Informe de la intervención arqueológica realizada en el castillo de Zagra entre los meses de dici... more Informe de la intervención arqueológica realizada en el castillo de Zagra entre los meses de diciembre de 2009 y enero de 2010. Limpieza, control de movimiento de tierras, análisis arqueológico de estructuras emergentes y excavación arqueológica. Actividades supeditadas a las labores de restauración y rehabilitación.
Memoria final de la intervención arqueológica de apoyo a la restauración en la calle Escudo del C... more Memoria final de la intervención arqueológica de apoyo a la restauración en la calle Escudo del Carmen nº 11, localizada en el barrio de San Matías de Granada, desde enero de 2007 a marzo de 2009. Director de la intervención: Luca Mattei. Técnico arqueólogo: Guillermo García-Contreras Ruiz.
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Miguel Jiménez Puertas y Guillermo García-Contreras Ruiz
Lo maravilloso y lo mundano en la Arqueología medieval
John Moreland
Territorios sobre las aguas: la laguna veneciana y la Arqueología
Sauro Gelichi
Un análisis del legado musulmán en Málaga a través de la Arqueología documental
María Victoria García Ruiz
Evolución histórica del paisaje urbano en el Albaicín de Granada:
intervenciones arqueológicas en calle Cruz de Quirós, 8
y calle María de la Miel, 2-4
Inmaculada de la Torre Castellano
Rituales y espacios funerarios en la Alta Edad Media:
las necrópolis excavadas en la roca de Martilla y Tózar (Granada)
Miguel Jiménez Puertas, Luca Mattei y Ana Ruiz Jiménez
El paisaje del entorno de Castell de Ferro en la Edad Media:
introducción a un espacio entre la costa y la montaña
Teresa Koffler Urbano
Sobre la caracterización de las alquerías en al-Andalus:
el caso de Lanteira (Granada)
José María Martín Civantos, Miguel Jiménez Puertas
y Guillermo García-Contreras Ruiz
Paisajes de la sal en la Meseta castellana desde la Prehistoria
a la Edad Media: el valle del Salado (Guadalajara)
Antonio Malpica Cuello, Nuria Morère Molinero,
Jesús Jiménez Guijarro y Guillermo García-Contreras Ruiz"
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978-1-4073-1580-5.
El paisaje histórico y su dimensión arqueológica. Estudios sobre el sur de la Península Ibérica. Alhulia, colección Arqueología del Paisaje, Granada, 2010, 288 págs."
Autor: Guillermo García-Contreras Ruiz ;
[dirigida por Antonio Malpica Cuello]
Granada : Universidad de Granada, 2013
Tesis Univ. Granada. Departamento de Historia Medieval y Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas.
Leída el 08 de Octubre del 2013
Url para la descarga: http://0-hera.ugr.es.adrastea.ugr.es/tesisugr/23079551.pdf
ISBN: 9788490287460
Dep. Legal: GR 139-2014
Cdu 553.3/.9 946.0
Traditionally, the analysis of identities between late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages has been dealt from the ethnic perspective, which placed the Roman-Barbarian dichotomy at the centre stage of political developments of the period. While this point of view has led to deep and important studies, its centrality has pushed to the side other possible forms of community identification. In this sense, local identities emerge as a privileged from of analysis that have not been taken into account in full, even if recent historical and archaeological studies continue to underline the increasing importance of these form of local representation in the construction of post-Roman political and economic structures. In this sense, the purpose of this congress is to think about the saliency of place-based forms of identity in the centuries that followed the fall of the Roman Empire, and to build new theoretical and methodological frameworks that allow us to tackle the complex nature of place-based identities from historical and archaeological perspectives. Furthermore, the multi-disciplinary approach of the congress will prompt new ideas that may and can be applied to other historical and geographical contexts.
The castles of Europe are dramatic and fundamental interfaces for public understandings of the past. They can be situated in striking landscapes, which may be designated as national parks or UNESCO geoparks. Whilst both castles and landscapes attract visitors, they often remain disconnected from each other in terms of scholarly and public understanding. Where these landscapes functioned at a crucial point in the process of state formation as frontiers – regions created by conquest which absorbed resident populations and supplemented them with migrants – castles were constructed to secure and manage them. The European heritage sector has promoted these monuments as tourist attractions in varying ways. Many function as public museums, others have passed into private ownership with obligations of retaining some public access. Other still have become hotels or residences, with varying levels of protection for the monument and buried archaeology. In Iberia, for example, the creation of Paradors remains one of the most effective government strategies for conserving these monuments and connecting heritage with local economic growth. However, a crucially important aspect of these sites remains largely neglected – their cultural landscapes. In the last two decades, landscape archaeology has reshaped our understanding of medieval communities, stressing the connection between places and their associated territories. This has barely been adopted by the European heritage sector. Where castles were utilised as tools of conquest and colonisation, the cultural landscape provides a fundamental lens on the impact of imposing a new regime and social norms on the broader population. The aim of this session is to explore how these key regional monuments can be reconnected with their cultural landscapes, from both research and heritage perspectives. Our hope is to move beyond the 'historical routes' that connect major monuments and define European regional tourism to synchronise cutting-edge scholarship with public understanding of contextually isolated heritage sites.
PLEASE SUBMIT PAPER ABSTRACTS TO SESSION #168 BY FEBRUARY 15TH (https://www.e-a-a.org/eaa2018)
More information about the session here: http://eaavilnius2016.lt/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/118.pdf
The deadline for paper submissions will be 15th February via the conference website (http://eaavilnius2016.lt/the-call-for-papers-and-posters/).
EAA Vilnius 31 August-4 September 2016
Organized by Carlos Tejerizo & Guillermo García-Contreras.
Please sumit proposals online by 15 February 2016 http://eaavilnius2016.It
studies using historical, archaeological and heritage approaches—
to the conservation and management practice of castles and
landscapes in the context of ‘castlescapes’. Using case studies
from recent research on medieval castles in frontier regions of the
eastern Baltic and Spain, it demonstrates how geoarchaeology can
create synergies between on-site and off-site environments and
between cultural and natural heritage and draw valuable
information from soils and sediments about the changing form
and function of spaces within castles, and about the links between
these spaces and activities in their hinterlands. Geoarchaeological
approaches can also illuminate the diachronic biographies that
hide from visitors in the buried archaeology of castles, which to
most visitors would be blank cavasses, but which can provide
snap-shots of castle life in the context of a wider landscape.
Castles are commonly publicly recognised as being important
historical monuments, but from a heritage perspective they are
often presented in isolation from their associated historical
territories, and often (especially in frontier regions) appropriated
within modern politics, which has influenced both heritage
management decisions and research frameworks.