Pilar Diarte-Blasco- Doctor of Philosophy
- Ramón y Cajal Researcher (MICINN) at Institute of History, Spanish National Research Council
Pilar Diarte-Blasco
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Ramón y Cajal Researcher (MICINN) at Institute of History, Spanish National Research Council
Pilar Diarte-Blasco is an archaeologist specialist in Late Antique and Early Medieval Archaeology.
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Introduction
Pilar Diarte-Blasco is an specialist in Late Antique and Early Medieval Archaeology and urban studies, with much experience in survey techniques and management of archaeological data. She has published four books and many papers (more than 50) in very important national and international scientific journals. Pilar joined the University of Leicester following the award of a prestigious MSCA (2015- 2017), with her project "Urban Centres and Landscapes in Transition. The Mediterranean FarWest in Late Antiquity (MEDFARWEST). She was back in Spain, as a Juan de la Cierva- Incorporación (2017-2019) researcher in the Universidad de Alcalá. In 2018, she has been awarded with the 'Atracción de Talento de la Comunidad de Madrid', in which she develops her own original project 'Paisajes Cambiantes'
Current institution
Current position
- Ramón y Cajal Researcher (MICINN)
Additional affiliations
November 2015 - June 2017
April 2012 - August 2015
Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología en Roma (EEHAR-CSIC)
Position
- Posdoc researcher
Publications
Publications (61)
of Reccopolis (578), knowledge of the domestic spaces, their organisation and evolution show a complex panorama, which is limited so far to the southern sector of the excavated area. The stratigraphic sequence shows that the first model of domestic occupation was linked to intense planning, which involved the occupation of the interior spaces of la...
Ecuador is a key area in South America when it comes to understanding the economic, social and archaeological aspects of pre-Hispanic cultures in the northwestern region of the Andes. Among the most complex societies to have inhabited this territory is the so-called Manteño culture (AD ∼800–1530), which spanned across most of Ecuador’s central Paci...
Historical cartography continues to be an essential resource in developing strategies for the analysis of anthropised landscapes. In recent years, the digitisation and conversion of a large number of pre-20th-century maps to modern geographic coordinate systems and data hierarchisation in GIS-integrated databases have opened up huge possibilities....
In this work we present three magnetic surveys in an intensively exploited agricultural area from Tuscania (Lazio region, Italy) whose soils are derived from volcanic rocks with different degrees of reworking, from weathering of the in situ rocks to sedimentary transport forming extensive piedmont deposits. Magnetic surveys were done with a GSM Ove...
In this work we present three magnetic surveys in an intensively exploited agricultural area from Tuscania (Lazio region, Italy) whose soils are derived from volcanic rocks with different degrees of reworking, from weathering of the in situ rocks to sedimentary transport forming extensive piedmont deposits. Magnetic surveys were done with a GSM Ove...
Brimeda is a village in the municipality of Villaobispo de Otero, located about 3.5 km north of Astorga(León). A document from the year 878 describes Brimeda as a repopulation town, with a founding actin the year 854. The document precisely details the tasks of constitution of the new population, whichincluded not only the construction of an urban...
This study analyses the principal characteristics and causes of the different transformations that towns and cities underwent during the Late Antiquity, with a key focus on the Iberian Peninsula. From the Diocletianic provincial reorganization until the consolidation of the Visigothic Kingdom, we will see how the preceding ‘classical’ Roman urbanis...
La expansión del reino visigodo en la segunda mitad del siglo VI se apoyó en buena medida en el levantamiento o reconstrucción de varios conjuntos urbanos y de sus fortificaciones, de los que en las últimas décadas comenzamos a tener una información amplia (Valencia la Vella, Ribarroja; Tolmo de Minateda, Hellín; Punt del Cid, Almenara; Begastri, C...
La expansión del reino visigodo en la segunda mitad del siglo VI se apoyó en buena medida en el levantamiento o reconstrucción de varios conjuntos urbanos y de sus fortificaciones, de los que en las últimas décadas comenzamos a tener una información amplia (Valencia la Vella, Ribarroja; Tolmo de Minateda, Hellín; Punt del Cid, Almenara; Begastri, C...
Dear colleagues,
The open access journal Land (ISSN 2073-445X, IF 3.398) is pleased to announce that we have launched a new Special Issue entitled "Resilience in Historical Landscapes”. I am serving as Guest Editor (with Castrorao Barba A., Diarte Blasco P. and Castro Priego M.) for this issue.
Given the depth of your expertise in this field, I...
THERE IS A LACK OF INDIVIDUAL AND OVERARCHING STUDIES of defensive systems after the Roman collapse in the West, as well as of urban defences in Hispania during the Visigothic period. A key site for questioning the latter is the walled royal Visigothic foundation of Reccopolis. The first excavations on Reccopolis’ circuit wall began in the 1980s, a...
A key problem in explaining the mountain landscapes of the Mediterranean region is the relationship between the development of transhumance (seasonal movement of livestock over long distances) and deforestation of the subalpine and upper montane belts at 1350–2200 m above sea level (m a.s.l.). We examined this relationship in the Central Southern P...
A detailed magnetic survey combined with the study of magnetic properties and spectral analysis in the Tusculum archaeological site (Alban Hills, Italy) indicates the existence of magnetic anomalies (total field and gradient, showing amplitudes up to thousands of nT) resulting from combined geological and archaeological features. In this paper we p...
Este volume é fruto de uma investigação internacional altamente produtiva que reúne colegas académicos e profissionais (de campo e de museu) para discutir novos resultados e abordagens, descobertas recentes e avaliações teóricas alternativas do período de transição e transformação das cidades clássicas da Antiguidade Antiga. Peritos de uma série de...
Recópolis es la única fundación visigoda conocida arqueológicamente en la Península Ibérica. Creada durante el reinado del rey Leovigildo en el año 576, la ciudad jugó un papel crucial en el paisaje y se mantuvo como el punto focal del territorio hasta el siglo VIII. En este artículo presentamos los resultados más recientes del proyecto realizado e...
We present a very intriguing set of finds coming from Tragaluz Norte, one of the most inaccessible rock shelters in the Vero canyon, which runs north to south through the Sierra de Guara, in the Huesca province (north-east Spain). There, a skeleton from a 9-years-old child with his toy wooden bow as well as other elements (pieces of wood, fabric an...
El Centro de Estudios Turiasonenses (CET), a través de su plan de investigaciones arqueológicas, ha llevado a cabo en los últimos años una intervención arqueológica en la conocida como 'villa de la Dehesa', ubicada a pocos kilómetros de la antigua Tvriaso, que ha comprendido, entre otras actividades, una serie de sondeos que fueron precedidos y aco...
Hardback Edition: ISBN 978-1-78925-034-3 Digital Edition: ISBN 978-1-78925-035-0 (epub) A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library
The low contrast in physical properties of archaeological elements compared to the host soil is a common drawback in geophysical surveys applied to subtle archaeological sites because those contrasts are usually what are being measured by most instruments. Furthermore, when archaeological elements and construction remains are placed within the same...
La caracterización de yacimientos arqueológicos es una de las aplicaciones más extendidas de la prospección magnética, por su carácter no invasivo, que permite explorar sin destruir superficies de extensión considerable, y debido al carácter ferromagnético de mu-chos elementos asociados a la actividad humana (instrumentos de hierro, componentes min...
SPAIN IN CRISIS - Ramallo Asensio ( S.F.), Quevedo Sánchez ( A.) (edd.) Las ciudades de la Tarraconense oriental entre los s. II–IV d.C. Evolución urbanística y contextos materiales. Pp. 344, colour ills. Murcia: Edit.um, Universidad de Murcia, 2014. Paper, €34. ISBN: 978-84-16038-63-3. - Volume 66 Issue 1 - P. Diarte Blasco
Ground penetrating radar surveys (GPR) present numerous application fields due to its high resolution and depth range depending upon the used central frequency antennas. Both penetration and resolution permits the study at scales between milimetric to decametric range. The evaluation of research objectives permits the choosing of high to low freque...
Roman urbanism experimented, in Late Antiquity, a fundamental transformation of its structural principles and organisation of space. However, the process - the context in which it took place and its phases - is currently imprecise and its guidelines remain difficult to determine. Taking the Iberian Peninsula as a case study, this article analyses t...
Los puertos históricos de la costa mediterránea de la Península Ibérica son en la actualidad puertos y ciudades portuarias habitadas y en uso, lo que provoca que, en muchos casos, solo poseamos información arqueológica escasa y circunstancial. Es necesario, por tanto, que completemos los datos arqueológicos con las fuentes documentales. Por fortuna...
The transformations of public spaces in Hispanic cities between the third and the sixth century are the theme of this paper. Entertainment buildings are undoubtedly one of the most characteristic elements of the classical Roman cities. Indeed, theatres, amphitheatres and circuses are fundamental to our perception of them.
The processes of transform...
An integrated geophysical survey was carried in a surface of nearly 6,000 m2 within the Tusculum roman city (Latium, Italy). The survey consisted in detailed data collection along a rectangular 80x50 grid with a spacing of 1 m between profiles, with N-S direction. Three techniques were applied: (i) EM induction profiles with a GEM-02 device (Geophe...
The EEHAR-CSIC project “Tusculum en época medieval: territorio, paisaje, economía y sociedad” (PIE n. 201210E033) began in 2012 with the clear goal of exploring and incorporating new research trends and different methodological approaches in order to reach a better understanding of the medieval period. Further to its aim of reconstructing the lands...
This article presents a new hypothesis about the location of Caesaraugusta amphitheatre. Recently, the possible location of the amphitheatre has reappeared as a matter of discussion, since the Provincial Museum of Zaragoza has resumed the old hypothesis which states that part of the structure of this building is located on the lots currently occupi...
VisArq.1.0. is an informatic application that links remote archaeological sites and dispersed throughout the area of the province of Zaragoza. The creation of a homogeneous and normalized database with its respective viewer is the ultimate aim of a project that was born to cover the needs of the academic-scientific world, but also of the less speci...
VisArq.1.0. is an informatic application that links remote archaeological sites and dispersed throughout the area of the province of Zaragoza. The creation of a homogeneous and normalized database with its respective viewer is the ultimate aim of a project that was born to cover the needs of the academic-scientific world, but also of the less speci...
Following the excavations of Prof. Pere Palol conducted in the early seventies in the Cristo de la Vega de Toledo, highlighted the existence of a late antique necropolis and a building in the area, which was associated with the location of the basilica of Santa Leocadia. The existence of this basilica and its constructive process are fundamental as...
La prospección geofísica consiste en el estudio indirecto de los cambios naturales de las propiedades físicas de los materiales del subsuelo analizadas desde la superficie. En el caso de yacimientos arqueológicos, la prospección geofísica se fundamenta en la presencia de contrastes entre los materiales naturales y los constructivos o con los restos...
The creation of a homogeneous and normalized database with a 3D viewer is the ultimate aim of a project that was created to meet the needs of the archaeological, academic and scientific community, but also of the less specialized public. Benefiting from computer innovation and virtual reality, with increasingly "real" and intuitive interfaces, only...
Progressive loss of Roman utilitarian buildings and public complexes, as well as their later reuse were one of the essential features of the urban transformation during Late Antiquity. The phenomenon that followed this process was the spoliation of both constructive and decorative materials. In Roman Hispania the reuse of public buildings affected...
La experiencia llevada a cabo en Pompeya tiene como objetivo la formación de un Sistema Informativo que permita conservar, gestionar e integrar los datos,
archivos y documentos recogidos en diferentes momentos y espacios del yacimiento arqueológico. Un Sistema Informativo Unificado de carácter 3D capaz de suministrar un framework uniforme para la v...
VisArq.1.0. is is an informatic application that links remote archaeological sites and dispersed throughout the area of the province of Zaragoza. The creation of a homogeneous and normalized database with its respective viewer is the ultimate aim of a project that was born to cover the needs of the academic-scientific world, but also of the less sp...
This paper aims at analyzing some case-studies in Virtual Archaeology where 3d reconstructions have been used as a tool for visualization and spatial organization of structured archaeological data. ViSMan (Visual Scenarios MANager) is an open source framework developed at Cineca for the visualization of scientific virtual environments. It has been...
The work that appears next tries to promote the visual revaluation of the Archaeological Patrimony of the province of Zaragoza, being harnessed the knowledge of the Historical Patrimony of its municipalities, by means of an archaeological data base of the province, coherent in its form and content, which serves, in addition, like a visualzer of dat...
The work that appears next tries to promote the visual revaluation of the Archaeological Patrimony of the provinceof Zaragoza, being harnessed the knowledge of the Historical Patrimony of its municipalities, by means of an archaeological data base of the province, coherent in its form and content, which serves, in addition, like a visual izer of da...
En los últimos años, las técnicas informáticas y la realidad virtual han extendido sus capacidades al campo de la percepción, generando posibles interacciones entre simulaciones numéricas y datos experimentales. Así, las aplicaciones de la realidad virtual estarán estrictamente unidas a la visualización científica. En este sentido, hemos pretendido...
RESUMEN: El devenir de los espacios públicos romanos desde el siglo IV al VI d. C. va a marcar el desarrollo pos-terior de las ciudades de Hispania. Las áreas de representación pública que definían la ciudad imperial pierden su razón de ser durante la Tardoantigüedad, quedando inactivas indefinidamente hasta que se amorticen con una nue-va funciona...
