The Iron Age Necropolis of El Toro (Alcubillas, Ciudad Real-Spain)—Combination of Archaeological and Geophysical Techniques with Ground Penetrating Radar in the Area around the Jabalón River

Francisco Javier Catalán González (), Luis Benítez de Lugo Enrich, José Antonio Ruiz Gil and Isabel Rondán Sevilla
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Francisco Javier Catalán González: Ancient History Department, University of Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
Luis Benítez de Lugo Enrich: Prehistory, Ancient History and Archaeology Department, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
José Antonio Ruiz Gil: Prehistory and Archaeology Department, University of Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
Isabel Rondán Sevilla: Ancient History Department, University of Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-17

Abstract: The necropolis of El Toro is characterised as a space of prolonged use in northern Oretania. Several important archaeological finds were made in 1975 and 2012, leading to the excavation of six test pits in 2017. Based on the existing legacy data, an extension of the state of knowledge was carried out by combining several geophysical tools. The geophysical tools chosen for this sample consist of a combination of data from two different georadar systems, to which data from a magnetometer survey is added. A series of post-processes are applied to the preliminary results to improve the visualisation and interpretation of the data. The combination of these techniques used at the site is an improvement that helps us to understand these spaces and their interaction with the historical landscape of La Mancha.

Keywords: Ground Penetrating Radar; magnetometry; Iberian culture; non-invasive archaeology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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