La frontera occidental del reino de Navarra en 1200: la perspectiva arqueológica

This article tries to prepare an overall view of the defences of the lands of Álava and Guipuzcoa in the years 1199-1200, when it became part of the kingdom of Castille from the hands of Navarrese kings. The point of view chosen is this of the archaeology. It tries to complete the list of all the fortress of the land to know the exact number of forts craged of its defence; there is a study of the main features of these fortress and some hypothesis of its purpose are made. The works finishes with a brief reflexion about the moment in which the studies of castles in this lands are.