Els Inicis de l'edat mitjana (segles VIII-IX) al Penedès i el Baix Llobregat: una aproximació arqueològica

Abstract

As in former periods, the study of the early middle ages in Catalonia allows few approaches brought up out of the archaeological practice, specially during the centuries before the profusion of documents linked to the Carolingian and county periods. This happens in the territories located westward of Llobregat river, which mostly will not join the county field until the beginning of the 10th century. Taking the already known data as a starting point and by means of a comparison with near parallel cases, this text intends to contribute to the determination of the chronological context of certain elements and structures linked to the archaeological record, which can be dated between the 8th and 9th centuries. Likewise, this text pretends a revision of some architectural constructions, such as temples and fortifications for which some foundational hypotheses are proposed.