RT journal article
T1 Non-Invasive Prospection Techniques in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park (Almería, Spain): Torregarcía’s Site
A1 López-Medina, María Juana
A1 de la Paz Román-Díaz, María
A1 García-Pardo, Manuela
A1 Aragón Núñez,  Enrique
A1 Calvillo-Ardila, José Antonio
A1 Lagóstena-Barrios, Lázaro Gabriel
A2 HistoriaGeografía y Filosofía
K1 purple
K1 landscape
K1 Torregarcía
K1 Roman Empire
K1 Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park
K1 non-invasive research
AB Along the Southeast coast of the Iberian Peninsula are numerous remains linked to theancient purple exploitation destined for elaborating dyes. Our study focused on analysing the Torregarcía’ssite (Almeria, Spain), which is set in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, a protected coastalspace of huge ecological interest. Torregarcía was excavated in the 1980s. Despite its importance,it has remained invisible to the historiography of the last three decades due to the lack of scientificpublications on the matter. The current archaeological works, performed by non-invasive prospectiontechniques, such as GPR, magnetometer or UAV, revealed the relevance of purple exploitation as oneof the main activities and have made possible the documentation of more complex facilities associatedwith excavated structures and the extensive shell midden. Along with these, other buildings andshell middens have been found throughout the coast of this location. This study emphasised the firstresults of the 2019 and 2021 campaigns.
PB MDPI
SN 2073-445X
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32038
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32038
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 09-may-2026