Massive storage in As Laias/O Castelo (Ourense, NW Spain) from the Late Bronze Age/Iron Age transition to the Roman period: a palaeoethnobotanical approach

The evidence of massive storage, the abundance of charred plant remains and the uniqueness of the storage structures makes As Laias one of the most important Iron Age sites in the whole NW Iberia. The interpretation of the site, together with other archaeological contexts in the region is controversial and can have major consequences for the interpretative models of the social and economic features of the local Iron Age. The site itself is sufficient to testify for the productivity of Iron Age agriculture, but further considerations must include remarks regarding the social significance of a massive storage place.