Salamanca, de poblado a ciudad : aproximación histórica a su origen, configuración y desarrollo sociourbanístico antes de la invasión musulmana

Abstract

This article focuses on the origin, configuration and urban development of Salamanca city since 7th. century B.C. till the Muslim invasión at the beginnig of the 8th. century A.D. Along this period, the area were occupied by the “del Soto” culture, celtiberians, romans and visigoths. Reports located at the “Museo Provincial de Salamanca” of a great number of archaeological excavatios are our main documentary sources, although most of them are unpublished nowadays. The archaeological campaigns took place since 1984 at San Vicente’s Hill, the original settlement of the city, as well as the Cathedral’s Hill, the last settlement of Salamanca.