La evolución del poblamiento humano prehistórico en los territorios de montaña cantábricosEl interfluvio Esla-Cea (León)

  1. Luis Coya Aláez
  2. Oscar Fuente Fernández
  3. Aitor Hevia Carrillo
  4. M. Amalio Valles Fernández
  5. María de Andrés Herrero
  6. David Álvarez-Alonso
Book:
Arqueología en el Valle del Duero: del Paleolítico a la Edad Media
  1. Martínez Caballero, Santiago (coord.)
  2. Cabañero Martín, Víctor Manuel (coord.)
  3. Merino Bellido, Carlos (coord.)

Publisher: Glyphos

ISBN: 978-84-944018-7-9

Year of publication: 2014

Pages: 34-46

Congress: Jornadas de Jóvenes Investigadores del Valle del Duero (4. 2014. Segovia)

Type: Conference paper

Abstract

This paper shows the fi rst results of a research project focused on the evolution of the human settlement and its relationship with the environment and the landscape in a region of the mountains of León, which is exactly situated in the Esla-Alto Cea watershed. Another aim is to analyse the connection and relationship between diff erent territories, connected by natural crossing areas, across a medium-high mountain territory. This area has a wide physiographic variety, that allows the existence of diff erent ecosystems and habitats which are highly suitable for the human settlement along the diff erent stages of the Prehistory. This fact is supported by the presence of archaeological sites ranging from Lower Palaeolithic to Iron Age, including diff erent periods which mark the transition from hunter-gatherer societies to metallurgic societies.