“NARROWING THE CIRCLE DOWN” OF PTOLEMY’S FORNACIS

THE OPPIDUM OF HORNACHUELOS (RIBERA DEL FRESNO, BADAJOZ)

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https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-8657_58_2

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Fornacis, Hornachos, Hornachuelos, Ptolomeo, Beturia, Argentiferous lead

Abstract

In the thirtieth anniversary of the beginning of the archaeological excavation in 1986 in the oppidum of Hornachuelos (Ribera del Fresno, Badajoz, Spain), the investigation of the identification and correlation of this oppidum with the Fornacis described by Ptolemy (Geo. II, 4, 10) was resumed. This new investigation has been considered using a approach multi-discipline, namely: 1) An historical and historiographical assessment of the names of Fornacis, Furnaŷūlš-Furnaŷūluš-Furnaŷūš, Fornachos, Hornachos y Hornachuelos; 2) A new fitting to the Ptolemaic coordinates for the approximate location of this oppidum in the geographical history of Beturia (Plinio, Nat. Hist. III, 14-15); and 3) the geostrategic and territorial entity of the roman-republican oppidum of Hornachuelos and the relation with the mineral and metallurgy of the argentiferous galena and the lead.

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Published

2019-10-30

How to Cite

Días, A. R., Gutiérrez, M. P., & Espino, D. M. D. (2019). “NARROWING THE CIRCLE DOWN” OF PTOLEMY’S FORNACIS: THE OPPIDUM OF HORNACHUELOS (RIBERA DEL FRESNO, BADAJOZ). Conimbriga, 58, 47-99. https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-8657_58_2

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Vol. 58 (2019): Conímbriga v. 58

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