La secuencia cultural en el castro de Vilela

Abstract

The arqueological dig in Castro de Vilela brings us new data about life for the indigenous communities during the iron age in inland Galicia. The long existence of the castreño people throughout various centuries allows us to studt in depth their constructive and cultural evolution from the iron age to the Roman era. We have been able to document three main levels of occupation which outline a sequence that goes from the fourth century BC to the fourth century AD, approximately eight hundred years of community life.
The first village occupation, in the second iron age, by an indigenous community with numerous elements of cultural material of archaic character and which lasts until the first century BC, reflects a slower development of these indigenous communities than in other areas which experience constant evolution due to various favourable external and internal factors and where elements like dwellings built with hardy materials, are seen in older periods of the iron age.