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'Marmora' in the architecture
of the Roman villa of Las Pizarras (coca, Segovia)
The Archaeology Unit of IE University participates in
the 5th CISEM International Congress
AMARC-IEU: 14/04/2025
On its 5th edition, this International scientific
meeting held by the Archaeological Museum of Siracusa
(Sicily, Italy; 9th- 12th of April 2025) focused on Late
Antique housing and topics concerned (architectural
forms, furnishing, housing topography, construction
techniques and subsequent transformations). On this
occasion, the members of the Archaeology Unit and
Antiquity & Middle Ages Research Center of IE University
were invited to showcase the marble revetments and
similar architectural marmor of the Roman villa of Las
Pizarras (Coca, Segovia), reaching interesting comments
and a warm reception of the results submitted.
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Professor Olivia V. Reyes. / IEU. |
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Alfonso II and the Beginnings
of the Jacobean Cult
By Miguel Larrañaga Zulueta (Antiquity and Middle Ages
Research Centre)
AMARC-IEU: 17/03/2025
There are few certainties surrounding the origins of the
Jacobean cult, which provide many hypotheses. The
origins of the Jacobean cult remain primarily uncertain
and provide numerous hypotheses. The official version
(and popular belief), with extensive literature on it,
relies on the biblical text that mentions the martyrdom
of Saint James the Great in the later medieval tradition
(12th century), narrated by the Historia Compostelana:
the apostle died beheaded in the Holy Land during the
time of Herod Agrippa, around the year 44 CE, and his
body taken to a remote location in Galicia, where it
would be miraculously discovered by Bishop Teodomiro of
Iria Flavia, present-day Padrón, in the early decades of
the 9th century. When King Alfonso II of Asturias
(791-842) received news of the discovery, he became the
first pilgrim to visit the sacred tomb...
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Depiction of the apostles with inscriptions identifying
them. One of them reads: IACOBVS SPANIA. / Beatus of
Gerona. |
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New volume of "Oppidum.
Cuadernos de investigación"
AMARC-IEU: 14/03/2025
The IE University Archaeology Unit presents the 20th
volume of this scientific journal. It contains
papers from
different researchers specialising in the
fields of Humanities and Heritage Sciences. You can get
access to the contents on Oppidum's website:
http://oppidum.es
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Archaeology and architecture
in the Roman villa of Villabermudo de Ojeda (Palencia,
Spain)
New IE University contributions to the
study of Antique Architecture
AMARC-IEU: 07/03/2025: 17/12/2024
More than 180 years after the
discovery of the Roman villa of Los Pradillos
(Villabermudo), the IEU Archaeology Unit academics have
recently published an original paper about the
archaeological background and the optimal results
achieved during the geophysical survey carried out in
this archaeological site. This work, combining several
research lines developed by the "Antiquity & Middle Ages
Research Centre" (AMARC), was presented at the 4th
International Congress of the CISEM (Centre for Studies
on Late Antique Housing in the Mediterranean) and is
part of the Proceedings recently published. It was held
at Cuenca (November 2022), attended by the principal
referring researchers in the study of housing, urban
planning and territory in Late Antiquity.
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New life for the old hospital
in Coca (Segovia, Spain)
The Town Council and IE University join forces to
convert the former health centre into a Historical
Interpretation Centre
EL DÍA DE SEGOVIA: 07/02/2025
Coca's rich heritage is a gift. Its imposing castle
crowns the town, but despite being best known for being
one of the most beautiful examples of Spanish
Gothic-Mudejar art, the municipality hides other charms.
With the aim of promoting all that is not so visible,
the Coca Town Council and IE University have signed a
collaboration agreement through which they join forces
to enhance the attractiveness of the town. The idea is
to carry out the rehabilitation of the old hospital of
La Merced to create a Historical Interpretation Centre
to boost the local cultural industry and promote
sustainable tourism linked to the knowledge of
historical and natural heritage.
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Technological recreation of the historical monuments and
walls of the town of Coca. / R. Canna |
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CAVCA Project: Heritage, cultural industry,
sustainable economy and new technologies in Coca
(Segovia, Spain)
On Friday 17 January, the Martín Frías Auditorium hosted
the presentation of the project led by IE University,
which aims to promote respectful and sustainable
economic development in the municipality
COCA TOWN COUNCIL: 19/01/2025
The event, presented by the Mayor of Coca, Fernando
Aceves, aimed to present the objectives of the recent
collaboration agreement signed between IE University and
the Coca Town Hall, as a first step to materialise
the CAVCA project, a transversal plan based on
innovation and the development of new technologies
applied to the cultural and natural heritage of Coca and
the creation of new dynamics oriented towards the
development of quality cultural tourism. This initiative
aims to lay the foundations for the emergence of a
self-managed local cultural industry, necessary to
achieve a model of sustainable economic development in
the municipality, as the future economic engine of this
Segovian community, based on the initial obtaining of
European funds.
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Martín Frías Auditorium, in Coca, in Coca. / D.R. |
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Proclamation of Queen Isabela of Castile. Segovia and
Guipuzcoa
By Miguel Larrañaga Zulueta (Antiquity and Middle Ages
Research Centre)
EL ADELANTADO DE SEGOVIA: 18/12/2024
A few years ago, I published a
paper examining the incorporation of Álava, Vizcaya and
Guipúzcoa into the Crown of Castile. Such a political
process cannot be understood without taking into account
another phenomenon: in competition with the kingdom of
Navarre, the annexation to the emerging Castilian power
in the three provinces must be understood within the
framework of territorial delimitation, economic and
social reorganisation and the institutional
crystallisation of the Basque Country...
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Portrait of Isabella I of
Castile. John of Flanders, 15th century. |
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A commitment to Segovia's
historical heritage
In 2024, IE University undertook the
recovery of the Mansilla Palace as a new creative Campus
and the vault rehabilitation of the Santa Cruz la Real
convent
EL ADELANTADO DE SEGOVIA: 17/12/2024
2024 was a significant year for
IE University in Segovia due to two major milestones:
first, the beginning of the rehabilitation works of the
Counts of Mansilla Palace, built between the 12th and
18th centuries and located in the historic centre of the
city, destined to be a university space and, on the
other hand, the renovation and beautification of the
vault of the imposing Aula Magna in the first Dominican
convent founded in Spain in the 13th century, reformed
by the Catholic Monarchs in the 15th century, a national
monument and the current campus of IE University.
[Further information]
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Restoration works in Santa Cruz la Real / R.A. |
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AR&PA International Congress.
Cultural Tourism
Valladolid, November 14-16
AMARC-IEU: 07/11/2024
Antiquity and Middle Ages Research Centre and the IE
Archaeology Unit are participating in the International
Congress AR&PA 2024, to be held in Valladolid on 14-16
November to discuss the new challenges of Cultural
Heritage and Tourism. In this meeting, IE University
contributes with the presentation of the latest advances
of the Cauca Project: "Heritage, cultural industry,
sustainable economy and new technologies".
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IE University promotes
restoration works in Santa Cruz la Real
Salvador Carmona, IEU Rector, highlights the
institution's commitment to the preservation of
Segovia's historical and cultural heritage
AMARC-IEU: 28/10/2024
IE University is investing more than 700,000 euros in
rehabilitating the church of the former convent of Santa
Cruz la Real in Segovia, the current Aula Magna of this
university campus. This phase of the works, which counts
on the contribution of the IE Archaeology Unit, is
dedicated to solving the damages in the vault of the
building, addressing its structural consolidation, the
isolation of its roof and the restoration of decorative
elements affected by different pathologies.
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Vaults of Santa Cruz la Real church. / R.A. |
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Wednesdays... in Byzantium
1st Cycle of lectures on Late Antiquity and the
Byzantine World
AMARC-IEU: 22/10/2024
The Universidad Complutense de Madrid and the Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) are
organising the 1st Cycle of Lectures on Late Antiquity
and the Byzantine World, in which different
international specialists will discuss different
subjects related to this cultural and chronological
horizon one Wednesday a month, from 5 to 7 pm. Among
them, Professor Susana Torres Prieto, from IE
University, will participate with her lecture: "Private
Writing in Medieval Rus': Courtships and Certainties",
on 22 January 2025, in the Salón de Grados de Facultad
de Filología A of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
[Further information]
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XI Meeting of Roman Sculpture
in Hispania
October 17-19th
AMARC-IEU: 14/10/2024
The IE's Archaeology Unit will participate in the "XI
Meeting on Roman Sculpture in Hispania", held by the
University of Navarra, the Museum of Navarra, Los
Bañales de Uncastillo and Santa Cruz de Eslava from
October 17-19th. These sessions will bring together
fifty esteemed experts in the fields of archaeology and
Roman sculpture. During the sessions, they will address
topics such as imperial representations, unpublished
sculptures or new research in Hispanic sites. In this
meeting, IE University contributes to the latest
findings of ancient statuary made during the excavations
in the Roman wall of Termes (Montejo deTiermes, Soria).
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New keys to analyze Roman
military topography
The archaeological campaign carried out by IE
University provides significant results for the
understanding of the archaeological site of Herrera de
Pisuerga
DIARIO PALENTINO: 10/10/2024
The second campaign of archaeological excavations
carried out by IE University in the Pago de La Jericho
has provided significant results for understanding the
archaeological site and the presence of Roman military
troops in Hispania. The latest fieldwork, still under
study and detailed analysis, has allowed us to contrast
and expand the discoveries of the previous campaign,
getting to know the site in depth and opening new lines
of research on the structural remains of the
archaeological site of Herrera de Pisuerga (Palencia,
Spain). These archaeological works are part of the
research project "Civil and military archaeology and
architecture in Northern Hispania", developed by the
Archaeology Unit of IE University in collaboration with
the City Council of Herrera de Pisuerga and the
Institute of Pisoraca Studies.
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Field archaeology internship with students from IE
School of Humanities / IEU. |
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The Charter of Brañosera in
the National Library (BNE)
Brañosera Town Council organises a Conference on
Medieval History at the National Library of Spain
SER: 04/10/2024
The Brañosera Town Council, in collaboration with
Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE), is organising a historical
conference entitled "In times of the Charter of
Brañosera: The reign of Alfonso II El Casto (791-842)".
The event is part of the commemoration of the 1200th
anniversary of this code of laws, the oldest
charter in Spain, which represents a fundamental
milestone in the history of the territorial and legal
organisation of the Iberian Peninsula.
The conference will take place on 8th October at the
BNE, and will bring together
leading experts in Medieval History. Among them, Dr.
Miguel Larrañaga, Director of Antiquity & Middle
Ages Research Center at IE University, will give a talk
on "Alfonso II and the beginnings of the Jacobean cult".
[Further information]
[Program]
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Field Trip and Workshop
Introduction to Digital Humanities
IE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES: 27/09/2024
This past weekend, our Bachelor in Humanities and Dual
Degree in Business Administration and Humanities
students embarked on an unforgettable adventure at Roman
site in Herrera de Pisuerga (Palencia, Spain).
Led by Professor Susana Torres as part of her
Introduction to Digital Humanities class, and in
collaboration with the Antiquity & Middle Ages Research
Center at IE University, students got to mix traditional
archaeology with cutting-edge tech. From hands-on
excavation to exploring the latest innovations in
heritage studies, this experience offered real-world
insights into how ancient history and modern technology
come together in the field of archaeology.
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The consumption of Italic and
Tarraconensis wine in Herrera de Pisuerga (Palencia,
Spain)
Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on
Roman Archaeology: "Wine in Antiquity"
MUSEU BADALONA: 24/09/2024
This paper describes the consumption of Italian and
Tarraconense wine in Herrera de Pisuerga in an early
horizon from c. 24 BCE to 48 CE based on amphora
imports. It is based on the excavation of dumping area
outside the military camp known as La Chorquilla, which
documents in detail the pattern of consumption of this
period. Herrera de Pisuerga has a special amphora
assemblage compared to other towns in the NW Hispania
Citerior because of its quantities and variety. The most outstanding differences
are the quantity
and variety of amphora from the Tarraconensis province
and the imports of Italian
wine amphorae. This distinctive pattern of consumption
may have been due to the origin of the soldiers from the
Legio IIII Macedonica settled at Herrera, who came from
Northern Italy.
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"Once upon a time, Segovia"
Historians and specialists from academia and
archaeological research will take part in the talks,
which will be held in the Provincial Historical Archive
between 17 September and 15 October
SEGOVIADIRECTO.COM: 13/09/2024
The Provincial Historical Archive of Segovia, is
organising the series of conferences ‘Once upon a time,
Segovia’ on Tuesdays 17 and 24 September and 1, 8 and 15
October. The programme of talks will take place at 19:30
in the Archive and attendance is open to all interested
members of the public until full capacity is reached.
(...) Cesáreo Pérez González and Pablo Arribas Lobo,
from IE University, will address, in the first talk, the
beginnings of the province with the conference: ‘From
the origins of the Celtiberian hill to Roman Segovia’.
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Theodosian virtual reality to
revitalise Coca (Segovia, Spain)
IE University and the Town Council are planning
a historical interpretation centre in a former hospital
with European funds to create a self-sufficient cultural
industry
EL NORTE DE CASTILLA: 08/09/2024
Coca is not just another village that is inexorably
falling below the 2.000 population barrier. Its glorious
past in Roman times is a weapon to create a profitable
cultural industry in the 21st century. IE University,
which is preparing a virtual reality project in the old
hospital of the municipality to recreate the splendour
of the years of Theodosius the Great —whose birth
history places in the town— through a joint project with
the City Council, which will apply for European funds
for its implementation and hopes that it will serve as a
magnet not only to add visitors, but also to add a
parallel industry of activities that will bring wealth
and neighbours.
[Further information]
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3D reproduction of the Theodosian villa of Coca. / O.
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The IX Conference on
Archeology and Natural Heritage concludes in Herrera de
Pisuerga
PATRIMONIONATURAL.ORG: 31/07/2024
Once again, the Thematic Centre of the Crayfish located
in Herrera de Pisuerga (Palencia, Spain) was the
favoured venue for a conference focused on aspects of
nature, science and natural heritage from the historical
point of view of archaeology. This activity, shaped in
lectures-colloquia by experts in the field, was held by
IE University, the Herrera de Pisuerga Town Hall, the
Pisoraca Studies Institute and the Natural Heritage
Foundation.
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Herrera de Pisuerga, a major
importing centre in the north-west of the peninsula. The
evidence of the amphorae from San Millán
Zephyrus. Journal of Prehistory and Archaeology
AMARC-IEU: 24/07/2024
The variety and quantity of amphorae found at the site
of San Millán make it the excavation with the highest
density of this type of remains documented so far in the
archaeological complex of Herrera de Pisuerga
(Palencia). This study shows the rich variety of their
types, as well as their places of origin: Tarraconense
and Baetica provinces, Aegean Sea and eastern
Mediterranean, Italian peninsula -Adriatic and
Tyrrhenian coasts-, Gallia -Narbonese area- and regional
productions.
On the other hand, we try to explain how the products
contained in these amphorae were supplied to the camp of
the legio IIII Macedonica in Herrera de Pisuerga, as
well as the routes followed, analyzing the commercial
relations and the characteristics of their transport.
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Amphorae from the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean
in San Millán (Pérez/Arribas/Carreras, 2024). /
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IE University and the Coca
City Council promote a sustainable tourism project with
immersive technologies
Interview with Miguel Larrañaga, vice-rector of
IE University and director of the Antiquity and Middle
Ages Research Center
ONDA CERO SEGOVIA: 16/07/2024
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VII International Congress of
SECAH
Lisbon, May 15-18, 2024
AMARC-IEU: 20/05/2024
The Archaeology Unit of IE University participated in
the VII International Congress of the Society for the
Study of Ancient Ceramics in Hispania (SECAH), held at
the Universities of Lisbon and Nova de Lisboa, from May
15 to 18. The meeting focused on ceramics in the
maritime port complexes of the Iberian Peninsula (4th
century BC to 8th century AD), to which IE contributed
with a paper on the terra sigillata of Montans and other
Gallic productions in Hispania.
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Presidency of the VII International Congress of the
SECAH. / PAL. |
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Visit to the National Archaeological Museum
Friday, April 26. Views on Archaeological
Heritage III
CL: 29/04/2024
Third event of the "Looks at Archaeological Heritage"
cycle. The IE Archaeology Club members visited the
National Archaeological Museum (Madrid) to discover the
work that's behind the diffusion and restoration process
and to get to know some lesser-known pieces related to
the periods studied through the series, with the help of
the expert eyes of an archaeologist, Prof. Olivia Reyes
(Archaeology Unit of IE University).
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IE Archaeology Club and prof. Olivia V. Reyes, at the
National Archaeological Museum. / ORH. |
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Pompeii. A roman city in 100 objects
The adventure of knowledge
RTVE: 23/04/2024
Prof. Rubén Montoya, IE School of Humanities faculty
member, presents his book "Pompeii. A Roman City in 100
Objects" (Editorial Critica), which deals with a Roman
city buried by Mount Vesuvius, in the TV program "The
Adventure of Knowledge", conducted by Mara Peterssen.
[Further information]
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Two italian arretine sigillata
"molioli" from Herrera de Pisuerga
Magazine of the Institute of Prehistory and
Archeology Sautuola
AMARC-IEU: 19/04/2024
The article by PhD. Cesáreo Pérez, published in
scientific magazine
Sautuola's tribute dedicated to Ramón Bohigas Roldán
(1956-2018), focuses its attention towards the study of
two high imperial ceramic vessels found during
archaeological excavations at Herrera de Pisuerga
(Palencia, Spain). Both vessels were made in M.
Perennius’ workshop in Arezzo (Italy) and are a very
rare type of find for a location so far away from Italy.
According to the archaeological context in which these
“modiolo” ceramics appeared, it is very likely that they
were used by the Legio IIII Macedonica officials in the
1st century BC.
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Terra sigillata "modioli" from Herrera de Pisuerga. /
CPG. |
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Rural heritage through
history: Sepúlveda and Duratón
Saturday, April 13. Views on Heritage, II
CL: 15/04/2024
Second part of the Heritage event series: "Views
on Heritage". On this occasion, the IE
Archaeology Club, accompanied by Prof. Ruben Montoya (IE
School of Humanities), moved to Sepúlveda and Duratón to
visit the historical and archaeological heritage hidden
within them: Romanic churches, Roman sites and a
Visigothic necropolis.
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IE Archaeology Club, next to the Romanesque hermitage of
Duratón. / PPS. |
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IE University’s Junior
Advisory Board 2024
AMARC-IEU: 22/03/2024
This week, the AMARC Center and the Archaeology Unit has
participated in the new edition of the IE University’s
Junior Advisory Board 2024 (JAB). Based on Exploring
Humanities, technologies and temporalities, professor
Olivia Reyes has offered a session focused on how new
technologies applied to archaeology improve and obtain
successful results in the research process.
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IE University’s Junior Advisory Board 2024 / PAL. |
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Landscape Archaeology of Segovia
Sunday, March 17. Views on Heritage, I
CL: 18/03/2024
First part
of the Views on Heritage event series. Led by the expert
in medieval art, Prof. Miguel Larrañaga, the tour
focused on exploring the medieval heritage of Segovia,
analyzing the construction of Romanesque churches in the
period between the 12th and 13th centuries and currently
integrates into the current urban landscape.
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Views on Heritage, I. Prof. Miguel
Larrañaga and IE Archaeology Club, in Segovia. / PPS. |
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Saturday, February 17th. The
last days of Pompeii
Archaeology Club
CL: 19/02/2024
Last Saturday, the IE University Archaeology Club
visited the immersive exhibition on the
last days of Pompeii, currently on display at the MAD
Center (Madrid Digital Arts) in Matadero de Madrid. Led
by Professor Rubén Montoya, the experience was an
immersive approach to the ancient Roman city, taking
advantage of new technologies such as virtual and
augmented realities.
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IE Archaeology Club, in MAD / PPS. |
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