La tradición oral como complemento de la arqueología para la localización de evidencias bélicas en la montaña asturleonesa

  1. Andrés Menéndez Blanco 1
  2. Valentín Álvarez Martínez
  3. David González Álvarez 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Journal:
Férvedes: Revista de investigación

ISSN: 1134-6787

Year of publication: 2015

Issue: 8

Pages: 471-479

Type: Article

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Abstract

In this paper we examine the potentiality of oral traditions from the peasant folklore in order to identify historical battlefields and war evidences related to conflicts from different chronologies –Roman marching camps, medieval fortifications or Spanish Civil war trenches–. We assess their potentiality as informative sources for archaeological prospection. Thus, we focus on methodological issues and the problems we found during our research in the Cantabrian Mountains.