Las diademas-cinturón castreñas: el conjunto con decoración figurada de Moñes (Villamayor, Piloña, Asturias)

Abstract

The present paper tries to determine the main characteristics and coherence of a group of goldpieces from the Castro culture (II Iron Age), traditionally known as belt-diadems. An historiographic research of the ancient publication of these pieces, and an accurate analysis of the old finds, gives some light on different aspects around this objects, such as provenance, context and eventual associations that are relevant to interpret these intriguing archeological artifacts. The study is completed by a technological analysis of the dispersed fragments of Moñes, analysis based on the metal surface topographical examination with the help of binoculars and scanning electron microscopy.