Writing, Identity and Sociocultural Change in the Eastern Pyrenees (4th c. BCE 1st c. CE)

• Autores: Jack Thomas Lambert
• Directores de la Tesis: Joaquín Gorrochategui Churruca (dir. tes.), Oriol Olesti Vila (codir. tes.)
• Lectura: En la Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea ( España ) en 2026
• Idioma: inglés
• Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias de la Antigüedad por la Universidad de Cantabria y la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
• Menciones:
  • Internacional
• Calificación: Sobresaliente Cum Laude
• Materias:
  • Ciencias de las artes y las letras
• Enlaces
  • Tesis en acceso abierto en: ADDI
• Resumen

  • This thesis sets out to examine the phenomena of writing, identity and sociocultural change in the eastern Pyrenees over a period of around 400 years, from the 4th century BCE to the 1st century CE. The primary focus of this work is centred on the Pyrenean region of Cerdanya, spanning the borders of France and Spain, which is home to large number of rock inscriptions written in the Iberian language and script, alongside a smaller number of Latin ones. This region has also provided some considerably rich archaeological data in recent years thanks to excavations at several sites. The timespan considered in this thesis begins in the 4th century BCE, when the first signs of “Iberian” culture appear in Cerdanya and ends in the early 1st century, a period of profound social and political changes and when Iberian writing fell into disuse. By studying writing, society and culture throughout this period, aspects of change and of continuity are examined in order to reflect on the identity of the regions’ inhabitants, the Cerretani.