La minería romana en León y Asturias, su importancia en la configuración de los paisajes

Resumo

The Romans mined gold on both sides of the Cantabrian mountain range, in the NW quadrant of the Iberian Peninsula during the Roman Empire (I II B.C.) The transformations of geomorphological order which occurred left a clear imprint on the landscape, probably that with the greatest impact on the region until recent times. The Romans mined as demanded by the imperialist interests of Rome, which required wide control of the territory to enable imposing their social and economic model in such a way that there was a regional governance regime in the NW for the first time. Within this context mining became integrated as a catalysing element in exploiting the territory and as a new factor in configuring forms of social dependence. The resources exploited were not only the strictly gold ones, but also included others of a mineral, hydraulic or agricultural nature, That is, the Roman mining zones ended up significantly contributing to the configuration of a totally renovated landscape, with traces nowadays forming cultural landscapes of great interest due to their scientific potential and rational community exploitation.