@misc{10481/81411,
year = {2023},
month = {3},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/81411},
abstract = {This paper presents the results of geophysical surveys conducted within two castles
in central Iberia: the fortifications of Molina de Aragon and Atienza, both located  
within the modern province of Guadalajara in Spain. They represent essential case
studies for understanding the transformations of the frontier societies of medieval
south-western Europe, because both were founded during the Andalusi period, both
played a fundamental role at the time of the military confrontations between oppos ing Islamic and Christian states, and both became capitals within the feudal depen dencies of the Crown of Castile during the Late Middle Ages. At present, these
castles are uninhabited and protected archaeological sites, with no modern develop ments within their wards; the adjacent towns have developed on the outskirts of
their outer walls. Although both castles have been the focus of uneven amounts of
archaeological research, geophysical surveys, the first conducted at these sites, have
proved to be a fundamental tool not only for planning future archaeological investi gations but also for the data that they have provided on the potential roles of these
castle wards.},
organization = {School of Archaeology,
Geography and Environmental Science
(SAGES) at the University of Reading. The
geophysics surveys in Atienza and Molina
were funded by the Society of Antiquaries of
London},
organization = {The Arts and Humanities Research
Council (AHRC)—Grant AH/R013861/1.},
publisher = {Wiley},
keywords = {Castles},
keywords = {Frontiers},
keywords = {Geophysical survey},
keywords = {Islamic Archaeology},
keywords = {Medieval Archaeology},
title = {Geophysical survey at the frontier of medieval Iberia: The castles of Molina de Aragon and Atienza (Guadalajara, Spain)},
doi = {10.1002/arp.1899},
author = {García-Contreras Ruiz, Guillermo and Fry, Robert and Banerjea, Rowena Y. and Pluskowski, Aleks},
}