Celtic Iberia

Los orígenes de la Arqueología en Guadalajara: dos notas sobre yacimientos poco conocidos

by Joaquín L. Gómez-Pantoja

Co-authored with Miguel A. López Trujillo and originally published in Actas del V Encuentro de Historiadores del Henares, Alcalá, 1996 pp. 18-25.

Reprinted in J. L. Gómez-Pantoja (ed.), Excavando papeles. Indagaciones arqueológicas en los archivos españoles, Guadalajara, 239-273 [ISBN 84-96236-24-2]. Vid. http://uah.academia.edu/Joaqu%C3%ADnLG%C3%B3mezPantoja/Books/404072/Excavando_papeles._Indagaciones_arqueologicas_en_los_archivos_espanoles

Two middle- XIXth century's reports on the discovery of a complete Celtiberian necropolis and two Roman epitaphs. Two middle- XIXth century's reports on the discovery of a complete Celtiberian necropolis and two Roman epitaphs.

Una nueva gentilidad en un epígrafe de San Leonardo de Yagüe (Soria)

by Joaquín L. Gómez-Pantoja

Co-authored with Sara Fernández Medina and published in Ficheiro Epigráfico 61, 1999, 277.

What follows is a full edition for an ancient Roman epitaph from San Leonardo de Yagüe, Soria, in Central Spain. The... more What follows is a full edition for an ancient Roman epitaph from San Leonardo de Yagüe, Soria, in Central Spain. The most remarkable feature of the tombstone is the word in the plural genitive case (Saigleiniqum) that accompanies the defunct's name, since it adds up to the growing list of gentilitates or clan names, which many inscriptions from Celtiberia and neighboring area feature prominently.

Gentilidad y origen

by Joaquín L. Gómez-Pantoja

Printed as a chapter in F. Villar y J. d. Encarnação (edd.), Hispania Prerromana (Actas del VI Congreso de Lengua y culturas prerromanas de la Península Ibérica, Coimbra 1994), Salamanca,
77-100.

Iberian Warrior Figurines and the Warrior Image in Western Mediterranean Sculpture

by Joe Basile

Miscellanea Mediterranea (Archaeologia Transatlantica XVIII), 2000

Las Madres de Clunia

by Joaquín L. Gómez-Pantoja

Originally issued as a chapter in F. Villar y F. Beltrán (edd.), Pueblos, lenguas y escrituras en la Hispania prerromana (Actas del VII Coloquio de Lenguas y Culturas pre-romanas de la Península Ibérica, Zaragoza 1997), Acta Salmanticensia. Estudios Filológicos, 273, Salamanca, pp. 351-362.

The Matronae o Matres were very popular goddesses among the Celts, and their sanctuaries are often set up close to... more The Matronae o Matres were very popular goddesses among the Celts, and their sanctuaries are often set up close to rivers, springs, lakes and fountains. This religion was less extended in Spain, where, not surprisingly, almost all evidence is restricted to Celtiberia. This paper lists the altars to the Matres known in Roman Spain: since almost half of them were found in Clunia, it seems safe to assume the existence of a main sanctuary there. Recent underground explorations have shown a a huge karstic cave existing, below the city, which was used as its main water supply, as the evidence of tunneling show. The water was drawn to the surface through ample wells, regularly spaced on the city layout . Precisely, most of the altars could be traced to the vicinity of one of these wells, which was directly bored over a distinct part of the cave. which was often visited , Several Latin graffiti written on fresh clay bear witness of regular visiting, so it had been hypothesized that the place was used either for healing or for cult. I suggest. instead,is that both uses concur with the devotion to the Matres, whose sanctuary was just above the cave.

Not Gone with the Wind: Interdisciplinarity, methodology and application of etnoarchaeology in Celtic Iberian studies

by Pedro R. Moya Maleno

BALBÍN, P., TORRES, J.F. y MOYA, P.R. (2007): “Lo que el viento no se llevó. Interdisciplinariedad, metodología y práctica para el estudios de la Hispania céltica”, en R. Sainero (coord.): Pasado y Presente de los Estudios Celtas. Fundación Ortegalia-Instituto de Estudios Celtas. A Coruña. C-3675/2007. pp. 75-108.

We work about the cultural 'continuity' in the History: Long Duration. There are many cultural elements in medieval... more We work about the cultural 'continuity' in the History: Long Duration. There are many cultural elements in medieval and premodern Iberian Peninsula to study the Iron Age. We show some examples of institutions, in economical and technological patterns and in the religion area.

Initiatic rituals in Celtic Hispania by means of Ethnoarchaeological interpretation

by Pedro R. Moya Maleno

Moya Maleno, P.R. (2007b): “Ritos de paso y fratrías en la Hispania Céltica a través de la Etnología y de la Arqueología”, en R. Sainero (coord.): Pasado y Presente de los Estudios Celtas. Fundación Ortegalia-Instituto de Estudios Celtas. A Coruña. D.L.: C-3675/2007. pp. 169-242.

Study of ritual periodic celebrations in the Iberian Peninsula led by groups of young males who, for different... more Study of ritual periodic celebrations in the Iberian Peninsula led by groups of young males who, for different features, show an initiatic character. The presence of tunos of Saelices (Cuenca) in the Celtiberian-Roman oppidum of Segobriga suggests study in depth in the historical and cultural analysis of other Hispanics and Europeans parallels into his pre-Christian undertone related with the new lines of Ethnoarchaeological interpretation.

KEYWORDS: Tunos, Segóbriga, Celtic Hispania, rites of passage,
animalize, männerbünde.

Sacredness and the rite of circumambulation in Celtic Iberia through the Folklore

by Pedro R. Moya Maleno

Moya Maleno, P.R. (2010): “La sacralidad y los ritos circumambulatorios en la Hispania Céltica a través de las tradiciones populares”, en F. Burillo (ed.): VI Simposio sobre Celtiberos: Ritos y Mitos. Fundación Segeda. Centro de Estudios Celtibéricos. ISBN: 978-84-613-7726-8. pp. 553-562.

Many traditions based on turning around a thing, person or place which are associated with social, territorial and... more Many traditions based on turning around a thing, person or place which are associated with social, territorial and religious rituals with an Indo-European background allow us to penetrate into its research as a sacred expression of Celtic Iberia. It is proposed the critique of oral, written and ethnographic sources to raise hypothesis on the knowledge and interpretation of the circumambulatio.

KEY WORDS: Circumambulatio, Celtic Iberia, Celtic Religion, Folklore, sacred turns.