Salt production in the Middle March of al-Andalus (Spain) García-Contreras Ruiz, Guillermo Islamic Archaeology Landscape archaeology Guadalajara Soria The aim of this study is to analyze the social organization of the territory and the distribution of the settlements particularly in relation to the management and control of salt, considering the places connected with its production: the salt pans. The studied geographical region is located in the center of the Iberian Peninsula, especially the area north and east of the province of Guadalajara and south of the province of Soria. In this area, there are various renowned saltworks areas, such as Imon, La Olmeda, Riba de Saelices, Armallá or Esteras de Medinaceli, among others. The chronological framework analysed is from 8th to 12th century. From a historical and cultural point of view, these centuries correspond to the period in which this land was part of the “Marca Media” of al-Andalus, that is, the central space of the frontier between the andalusi society and the feudal and Christian kingdoms. For this reason, it will be analyzed the invasion and Islamization of this area from the 8th to the 9th century, up until the expansion, conquest and feudal colonization which occurred during the 11th and 12th centuries. Different kind of sources will be used, including archaeological and documentary ones. 2025-02-03T07:47:52Z 2025-02-03T07:47:52Z 2022 book part Alberto Plata Montero (Dir.): Seven Millennia of Saltmaking. 3rd Internacional Congress on the Anthropology of Salt. 2022. 978-84-7821-936-0 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/101815 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional