Multimethod Geophysical Survey at the Iron Age Iberian Site of El Moli d'Espigol (Tornabous, Lleida, Catalonia): Exploring Urban Mesh Patterns Using Geophysics

Roger Sala , Jordi Principal (1) , Pau Olmos (2) , Robert Tamba , Ekhine Garcia

1 MAC - Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya-Barcelona
2 CReAAH - Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire

This paper presents the results of a multisystem survey using magnetometry and dual frequency ground-penetrating radar (GPR) carried out at the Iron Age Iberian site of El Moli d'Espigol, Tornabous, Catalonia, dated from the seventh to third centuries bce. The surroundings of the current urban area were explored with magnetometry in order to describe possible features related to the settlement. In the non-excavated part of the urban area was surveyed by GPR in order to describe the urban mesh. The interpretation of the data has allowed not only the identification of new areas of archaeological interest and priority action, but also the proposal of a new hypotheses on the evolution of the town planning and the defensive system of the site. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Mots clés: Archaeological geophysics; dual frequency GPR; magnetic survey; El Moli d'Espigol; pre-Roman Iberian town planning

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Roger Sala, Jordi Principal, Pau Olmos, Robert Tamba, Ekhine Garcia. Multimethod Geophysical Survey at the Iron Age Iberian Site of El Moli d'Espigol (Tornabous, Lleida, Catalonia): Exploring Urban Mesh Patterns Using Geophysics. ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION, 2013, 20 (4), pp.249-265. ⟨10.1002/arp.1459⟩. ⟨hal-01147541⟩