An approach to the archaeological landscape of the industrialization in the Upper Guadiato Valley, Cordobesian Sierra Morena

Abstract

The development of the industrialization process in Spain has in Andalusian region a clear evidence of the diversity and pioneering nature that characterized much of the beginning of the contemporary economic and social level. In the Guadiato coalfield, with its central nuclei in Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo, appeared this industrialization process by the existence of a large metallurgical and mineral resources. This resources enabled the laying of infrastructure networks of vertical extraction, the advent and development of railroad, the emergence of industries that experienced a great evolution in relation to manufacturing space thy used, and the birth of a new city (Pueblonuevo) and other ones reactivated in this economic context (Belmez, FuenteObejuna). Addresing this study, following the achievements of the legal protection of andalusian industrial heritage, and the introduction of new, integrate nature paradigms, involves promoting new approaches in industrial archeology in order to preserve assets and integrate them into our social and economic dynamics in a sustainable and profitable way.