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    Textile production and aristocracy in the Ibero-Roman oppidum of Libisosa (Lezuza, Albacete, Spain)
    (Universidad de Granada, 2020) Uroz Rodríguez, Héctor; Prehistoria, Arqueología, Historia Antigua, Historia Medieval y Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas; Facultades de la UMU::Facultad de Letras
    The oppidum of Libisosa (Lezuza, Albacete) was in the Final Iberian Period the seat of a local aristocracy benefitted by the strategic location of the enclave and an early contact with the Romanising agent. Sector 18 of the Ibero-Roman quarter was dominated by an oligarchic building of large dimensions, excellently preserved due to its instantaneous destruction in the context of the Sertorian wars (82-72 BC). The material record and certain structural elements reveal the exercise of the various forms of production and surplus control; but its inclusion here is due to the overwhelming presence of traces of textile activities and the treatment of raw materials. We are referring to two important accumulations of a peculiar type of loom weight documented in the site (one of them possibly fossilizing a warp-weighted loom frame) and a lead basin with a circular edge with which clear parallels can be established in Pompeii. All this serves us in reflecting upon the functionality of determined associated elements; and, at the same time, upon the control of textile production in these societies by the elites as a distinguishing mechanism or for later redistribution. But also upon the recurring appearance in the material record of objects serving the purpose of spinning or weaving in a context both domestic and ritual, and lastly upon Iconography.
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    Tres conjuntos monetales de la destrucción del oppidum iberorromano de Libisosa (Lezuza, Albacete)
    (Universidad de Salamanca, 2020-12-31) Uroz Rodríguez, Héctor; Arévalo González, Alicia; Prehistoria, Arqueología, Historia Antigua, Historia Medieval y Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas; Facultades de la UMU::Facultad de Letras
    The present article centres on the analysis of three coin sets recovered in the oppidum of Libisosa (Lezuza, Albacete, Spain). They come to 53 bronze coins, distributed between two streets and a small Unit in the Ibero-Roman quarter, the seat of a local oligarchy enriched by trade and early contact with the Italic agent. They are not hoards, but the result of an instantaneous destruction of the settlement in the midst of the Sertorian Wars. Each lot is formed by a homogenous number of Late Republic pieces, in their immense majority coined in the Castulo mint (and also formed by only one coin from Obulco, another from Bolskan and a Roman semis). The state of these coins, their characterization and dating to the beginning of the 1st Cent B.C., indicate that in Libisosa there was a tendency to employ recently minted cash composed of the closest and most easily acquirable coinage. In terms of macro-history, their study is of vital importance for our knowledge of monetary circulation in the Final Iberian/Late Republican period of this area. In terms of internal studies, they allow us to posit the existence of a sequence created by the frustrated events to safeguard the cash employed in a paying or exchange post.