In this work, we present 16 directional and 27 intensity high‐quality values from Iberia. Moreover, we have updated the Iberian archeomagnetic catalogue published more than 10 years ago with a considerable increase in the database. This has led to a notable improvement of both temporal and spatial data distribution. A full vector paleosecular variation curve from 1000 BC to 1900 AD has been developed using high‐quality data within a radius of 900 km from Madrid. A hierarchical bootstrap method has been followed for the computation of the curves. The most remarkable feature of the new curves is a notable intensity maximum of about 80 μT around 600 BC, which has not been previously reported for the Iberian Peninsula. We have also analyzed the evolution of the paleofield in Europe for the last three thousand years and conclude that the high maximum intensity values observed around 600 BC in the Iberian Peninsula could respond to the same feature as the Levantine Iron Age Anomaly, after travelling westward through Europe.

One of the most important reception sites for Phoenician pottery imports in the NE Iberian Peninsula is the Early Iron Age (800–550 BC) settlement of Sant Jaume. This site is exceptional in terms of preservation and the large number of complete vessels recovered. Moreover, the ceramic assemblage comprises one of the best collections of the earliest wheel-thrown pottery that is considered evidence of trade from the western Phoenician colonies and their specific interest in exploiting metallurgical resources. In this research, a sample of 58 individuals of wheel-thrown pottery has been analysed by X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), petrography (PE), and scanning electron microscopy attached with an energy dispersive X-ray unit (SEM-EDX). It was possible to identify 29 ceramic groups, some of which correspond to known Phoenician workshops of southern Andalusia and Ibiza, though the origin of most groups remains to be determined. The wide variety of sources identified illuminates the patterns of trade and exchange that the Phoenicians developed during the Early Iron Age and the export of their manufactured products. This information is fundamental to our understanding of the economic system developed by the Western Mediterranean Phoenician colonies that affected and transformed indigenous communities in the Mediterranean region.

Conté: Finançament de les intervencions arqueològiques i paleontològiques en el marc del Pla de Recerca de l’arqueologia i la paleontologia catalanes de la Generalitat de Catalunya / Maria Teresa Miró i Alaix ; Reflexions al voltant dels plans quadriennals 2014-2017 i 2018-2021 de recerca arqueològica i paleontològica / Emili Junyent i Joan B. López ; El finançament de la recerca bàsica en arqueologia a Catalunya en els darrers anys. Una reflexió crítica / F. Gracia Alonso i D. Garcia i Rubert ; El nou model de projectes quadriennals de recerca en matèria d’arqueologia i paleontologia: algunes reflexions / Salvador Moyà-Solà ; Investigar fora de la norma / Manuel Edo i Benaiges

El jaciment de la Ferradura (Ulldecona, Catalunya) és conegut des del 1972, quan va ser objecte d’una excavació dirigida per J. Maluquer de Motes. Crono-culturalment presenta un únic moment d’ocupació, durant la primera edat del ferro (800-550 ane). L’any 2009 el GRAP (Universitat de Barcelona) hi va reprendre els treballs i excavació amb els objectius de revisar els treballs efectuats l’any 1972 i prosseguir l’estudi del jaciment. En aquest article efectuem una primera exposició integral dels treballs efectuats i dels resultats obtinguts fins ara, tant pel que fa als elements mobles i immobles del nucli com a la seva interpretació funcional en el context territorial.