Abstract

This paper approach the historical and archaeological analysis of the arrowheads collection from the excavation at Corullon castle (El Bierzo, Leon), which remained unpublished in Leon Museum. These finds allow to realize a typology which related them to another medieval types of archaeological sites in Spain and Europe. At the same time it intensified the relation of this castle with «irmandina» revolution in the XV century, offering an evidence of the castle attack.

Highlights

  • This paper approach the historical and archaeological analysis of the arrowheads collection from the excavation at Corullón castle (El Bierzo, León), which remained unpublished in León Museum

  • Entre ellas cabría destacar la importante panoplia exhumada en la fosa fundacional de la muralla de Alarcos (Ciudad Real), producto del enfrentamiento entre las tropas castellanas de Alfonso VIII y el ejército almohade en 1195 (Zozaya, 1995)

  • Arcos y ballestas, han sido uno de los elementos que ha cobrado mayor significación en estos estudios, no solamente por la relativa abundancia de restos materiales relacionados con ellas, sino también por la importancia de este tipo de armamento durante el Medievo, constituyendo una magnífica síntesis de su evolución y uso el trabajo de V

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Summary

María González Castañón*

Este estudio aborda el análisis histórico-arqueológico de un conjunto de proyectiles recuperados durante las excavaciones del castillo de Corullón (El Bierzo, León), que permanecían inéditos en los fondos del Museo de León. This paper approach the historical and archaeological analysis of the arrowheads collection from the excavation at Corullón castle (El Bierzo, León), which remained unpublished in León Museum. These finds allow to realize a typology which related them to another medieval types of archaeological sites in Spain and Europe. Corullón; El Bierzo; Castle; Medieval Ages; XV century; Count of Lemos; Arrowheads; Crossbow; Bow; Revolution; Irmandiños. Entre ellas cabría destacar la importante panoplia exhumada en la fosa fundacional de la muralla de Alarcos (Ciudad Real), producto del enfrentamiento entre las tropas castellanas de Alfonso VIII y el ejército almohade en 1195 (Zozaya, 1995)

MARÍA GONZÁLEZ CASTAÑÓN
EL CASTILLO DE CORULLÓN Y LAS REVUELTAS IRMANDIÑAS
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