2021
Sophie Gilotte et al., « Los herreros de Albalat (s. XII): aproximación a las actividades metalúrgicas a la luz de los testimonios arqueológicos », HAL-SHS : archéologie, ID : 10670/1.ze6m81
The metallurgical activities, and especially those dedicated to the steel industry, seem to have occupied a prominent place in the fortified settlement of Albalat (province of Cáceres) to satisfy the local demand. These activities are associated with the last period of occupation (12th century) although some indications suggest that they were already present in the previous phases. This presentation focuses on the data available for one of these workshops, going deeper into the functional interpretation of the structures discovered and trying to evaluate the informative potential of the available data, from the selection of the fuels to the approximation of the technical processes and the nature of the work carried out through the metallurgical waste.