e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies Volume 6 The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula Article 19 1-2-2008 A Round Iron Age: The irC cular House in the Hillforts of the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula Xurxo M. Ayán Vila Padre Sarmiento Institute on Galician Studies, High Council of Scientific Research, Spain Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.uwm.edu/ekeltoi Recommended Citation Ayán Vila, Xurxo M. (2008) "A Round Iron Age: The irC cular House in the Hillforts of the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula," e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies: Vol. 6 , Article 19. Available at: https://dc.uwm.edu/ekeltoi/vol6/iss1/19 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UWM Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies by an authorized administrator of UWM Digital Commons. For more information, please contact open-
[email protected]. A Round Iron Age: The Circular House in the Hillforts of the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula Xurxo M. Ayán Vila1 Abstract This article provides a diachronic synthesis of domestic space in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula from recent prehistory through the High Middles Ages. Within the theoretical and methodological frameworks of landscape archaeology and the archaeology of architecture we propose an updated social reading of the archaeological record based on new data collected in the course of recent archaeological investigations at different sites in Galicia. We propose several hypotheses from this perspective concerning different issues linked to northwestern domestic architecture, including the origins of the round house in recent prehistory, the development of an Iron Age architectural style, the symbolic background of these houses, and the impact of Romanization on what eventually becomes the architecture of the High Middle Ages in this part of the Iberian Peninsula.