The aim of the following work is to analyse the impact of the Phoenicians on the Iberian Peninsula communities through the sensational discoveries from the Huelva and Malaga regions. At Huelva, the ancient Onoba, research has allowed us to identify the oldest evidence of the Phoenician presence in the Atlantic that, using the traditional chronology, can be dated to the mid-9th century BC. The reasons that led the Phoenicians to set up a flourishing trading establishment in the port of Huelva must be sought in the immense mineral wealth of the hinterland and in the possibility to create in a brief time span a network of contacts with local populations to encourage the exploitation and large-scale trading of silver. Investigations at the mouth of the Guadiana have widened our research horizons thanks to the discovery of a Phoenician settlement and its necropolis on the left bank of the river near modern Ayamonte, which can be dated to the second half of the 8th century BC. The reasons for the growth of this settlement and the indigenous site of Castro Marim, that developed from the end of the 8th century BC on the right bank of the Guadiana, can be found in the exploitation of the mining areas of the region's interior and in the trade directed towards the coasts of present-day Portugal. Concerning the Bay of Malaga, the recent discovery of the La Rebanadilla settlement at the mouth of the Guadalhorce river is extremely interesting. It has been interpreted as a coastal sanctuary that between the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 8th century BC performed a twofold function: on the one hand it was a secure harbour for ships sailing across the Straits of Gibraltar, and on the other it was a privileged area of contact with the local inland communities. Guadalhorce's importance in the process of Phoenician movement across the Bay of Malaga is shown by the development of Cerro del Villar during the 8th century BC, which, at the end of the 7th century BC developed into an industrial area of large-scale pottery production used at Malaka, the bay's main settlement. Research has also involved the territory of Vélez-Malaga. The resumption of the excavations at Las Chorreas has brought to light new areas of the settlement and the discovery of two separate tombs dated to the first half of the 8th century BC have provided important information on the funerary rites adopted by the first settlers. At the same time, investigations have continued in the inland regions with the discovery of farms and industrial centres connected to the interests of the Phoenician coastal settlements.
Il volume si apre con una presentazione da parte del Direttore, Massimo Botto, in cui si definiscono sia la nuova veste editoriale sia i campi d'interesse scientifico della Collezione di Studi Fenici. L'opera si compone di 14 contributi, a firma dei massimi specialisti della materia, che offrono un quadro completo delle recenti indagini archeologiche svolte in due regioni strategiche per comprendere i tempi, le modalità e le cause della prima colonizzazione fenicia in Occidente. Si tratta della regione di Huelva, nell'Andalusia atlantica, famosa nell'antichità per le immense ricchezze minerarie, in modo particolare di rame, argento e ferro, e della Baia di Malaka, che rappresenta fra il IX e il VII sec. a.C. un luogo centrale di aggregazione dell'elemento fenicio di Occidente sia per i commerci nell'Atlantico sia per le relazioni con le ricche comunità indigene dell'immediato entroterra agricolo
De Huelva a Malaka. Los fenicios en Andalucía a la luz de los descubrimientos más recientes
BOTTO M
2018
Abstract
The aim of the following work is to analyse the impact of the Phoenicians on the Iberian Peninsula communities through the sensational discoveries from the Huelva and Malaga regions. At Huelva, the ancient Onoba, research has allowed us to identify the oldest evidence of the Phoenician presence in the Atlantic that, using the traditional chronology, can be dated to the mid-9th century BC. The reasons that led the Phoenicians to set up a flourishing trading establishment in the port of Huelva must be sought in the immense mineral wealth of the hinterland and in the possibility to create in a brief time span a network of contacts with local populations to encourage the exploitation and large-scale trading of silver. Investigations at the mouth of the Guadiana have widened our research horizons thanks to the discovery of a Phoenician settlement and its necropolis on the left bank of the river near modern Ayamonte, which can be dated to the second half of the 8th century BC. The reasons for the growth of this settlement and the indigenous site of Castro Marim, that developed from the end of the 8th century BC on the right bank of the Guadiana, can be found in the exploitation of the mining areas of the region's interior and in the trade directed towards the coasts of present-day Portugal. Concerning the Bay of Malaga, the recent discovery of the La Rebanadilla settlement at the mouth of the Guadalhorce river is extremely interesting. It has been interpreted as a coastal sanctuary that between the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 8th century BC performed a twofold function: on the one hand it was a secure harbour for ships sailing across the Straits of Gibraltar, and on the other it was a privileged area of contact with the local inland communities. Guadalhorce's importance in the process of Phoenician movement across the Bay of Malaga is shown by the development of Cerro del Villar during the 8th century BC, which, at the end of the 7th century BC developed into an industrial area of large-scale pottery production used at Malaka, the bay's main settlement. Research has also involved the territory of Vélez-Malaga. The resumption of the excavations at Las Chorreas has brought to light new areas of the settlement and the discovery of two separate tombs dated to the first half of the 8th century BC have provided important information on the funerary rites adopted by the first settlers. At the same time, investigations have continued in the inland regions with the discovery of farms and industrial centres connected to the interests of the Phoenician coastal settlements.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
