Interviews
Interview with Fernando Cortés Pizano
Fernando Cortés Pizano is a graduate of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he earned a degree in Geography and History (specializi…
Interviews
Interview with Ignacio Martín Lerma
Talking about Ignacio Martín Lerma is talking about the living example of a 21st-century archaeologist, balancing academic research rigor wi…
Review
Review exhibition: Rafael Romero de Torres. From Academicism to Social Realism. Drawings and paintings
The temporary exhibition "Rafael Romero de Torres. From Academicism to Social Realism" was organized by the Museum of Fine Arts in Córdoba t…
Interviews
Interview with Francisco José Barrionuevo Contreras
Francisco José Barrionuevo Contreras: municipal archaeologist, director of the Archaeological Museum of Jerez, and specialist in the Protohi…
Interviews
Interview with Vincent Drost
Vincent Drost is a French historian and numismatist, curator at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF). He works in the Department of Co…
Interviews
Interview with Cultural Gears
Óscar Hernández Martínez and Sergio Raya Trasierras – Cultural Gears Cultural Gears is a Sevillian initiative focused on promoting the tangi…
Interviews
Interview with Yanira Franco Adán
Yanira Franco Adán is a graduate in Art History (Complutense University of Madrid), a cultural heritage manager, specializing in communicati…
Interviews
Interview with Nino del Solar Velarde
Nino Vadick del Solar Velarde is a prominent Peruvian archaeologist specializing in the study of pre-Columbian archaeological materials and …
Early Modern History
The Indies Run: Convoy Fleets
"A ship in sight, powder ready; a nearby ship, powder at hand." Transporting gold, silver, precious stones, and other valuable goods from Am…
Interviews
Interview with Miguel Ángel Cajigal, "The Barroquist"
Miguel Ángel Cajigal (A Coruña, 1981), better known as El Barroquista, is an art historian, professor, and one of the most influential cultu…
Review
Review: "Prehistory of Women" by Marga Sánchez Romero
"Discover what you haven’t been told about us." With that phrase, Marga Sánchez Romero’s book Women of the Prehistory is introduced. Publish…
Interviews
Interview with Nacho Ares
Nacho Ares is a Spanish historian, Egyptologist, and science communicator. He earned his degree in Ancient History from the University of Va…
Interviews
Interview with Palmira Saladié
Palmira Saladié is an archaeologist specializing in prehistory and is recognized for her work at the Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana…
Interviews
Interview with the Ecomuseum La Ponte
In this collective interview, we will meet the community behind the Centru d’Investigación y Ecomuséu La Ponte, whose office is located in t…
Interviews
Interview with Edward Cecil Harris
Edward Harris is a Bermudian archaeologist widely recognized for his groundbreaking contribution to archaeological methodology: the Harris M…
Interviews
Interview with Tito Vivas
Saying who Tito Vivas is a real challenge. As he himself puts it, "a traveler and wanderer by vocation." Tito Vivas is an Egyptologist, hist…
Contemporary History
The Spanish mantilla
During Passion Week, many women wear the Spanish mantilla, which covers their head and shoulders as a religious tradition. This type of veil…
Interviews
Interview with Pilar Lafuente
Pilar Lafuente Ibáñez is an archaeologist and one of the leading specialists in medieval, Andalusian, and Mudéjar ceramics in current resear…
Historiography
The archaeological legacy of Luis Siret
The historiographical discipline is key to understanding the process of professionalization in Archaeology. In addition to uncovering the pa…
Early Modern History
The Spanish Black Legend. Historical Subjectivity (II)
The Spanish Black Legend has shaped a particular way of telling history and a skewed perception of the past. Attributes such as intolerant, …
Early Modern History
The Black Legend of Spain. Historical Subjectivity
The Spanish Black Legend has shaped a particular way of telling history and the perception of a biased past. Attributes such as intolerant, …
Archaeology
The Qhapaq Nnan, surviving the passage of time
The Andean peoples have left us a great cultural and heritage legacy that has endured for centuries to this day. Among this rich legacy stan…
Ancient History
Saint Benedict Abbey And The Benedictine Order. Sovereign of the Old Continent.
The Patriarch of the Western Monks, Saint Benedict of Nursia (480-547) (Figure 1), was the founder of one of the longest-lasting religious o…
Medieval History
May Crosses. The Case of Lebrija.
For time immemorial, Andalusia has welcomed May with various celebrations that have evolved throughout history. In Roman times, there was wo…
Archaeology
Potosí, the silver treasure of the Spanish Empire
Miguel de Cervantes already mentioned this in La Entretenida (1615), saying, "(...) I hope for a Potosí of bars and money," using the word "…
Early Modern History
Nebrija Cultural Year 2022
In the ancient city founded by the Greek god Bacchus (god of wine), Nabrissa, Antonio Martínez de Cala y Xarana, known as Antonio de Nebrija…
Archaeology
The "romantic" discipline of archaeology
Reflection on the archaeological knowledge held by part of the population. Survey conducted among people over 54 years old. The discipline o…