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What lies beneath the landscapes of the La Rioja vineyards? This book invites us to discover the deep history of a territory that we today associate with wine, tradition, and scenery. Through an ambitious archaeological and multidisciplinary investigation at the Torrentejo site, a team of specialists has followed the traces of the communities that, over more than five thousand years, shaped this land: from the earliest prehistoric settlements to the recent processes of wine industry industrialization. But this is not just a journey into the past. It is also a critical reflection on the present: on how we select, interpret, and transform landscapes to turn them into heritage. Which memories are preserved and which are lost? What social and historical costs does the heritage-making of the territory entail? A work that reveals the hidden layers of Rioja Alavesa, and that forces us to rethink how we inhabit, remember, and represent our landscapes.

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Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo is a professor of Archaeology at the University of the Basque Country / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea and is interested in the study of historical landscapes, subordinate groups, and social history. He leads the research project 'Iberian local societies in the Early medieval European context: Settings, Practices and Territorialities' funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation. Among his recent works are 'Archaeology of Local Societies in the Early Middle Ages. San Julián de Aistra and the Residences of Rural Elites' (2023) and 'Local Societies and Peasantry Agencies in Medieval Iberia' (2024). He is currently preparing a volume on the archaeology of the medieval peasantry. Carlos Tejerizo García is a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the University of Salamanca. His main research focus is the anthropology and archaeology of peasant societies over the long historical term. He is currently developing the project 'Preindustrial productive landscapes and their environmental impact: a comparative analysis between the Sierras of Guadarrama and Monfragüe,' funded by the Autonomous Agency of National Parks. Among his latest publications are 'Ciudad de la Selva. Historia e arqueoloxía da guerrilla nos montes de Casaio,' published by Edicións Positivas in 2024, and 'Cinema and Archaeology. Archaeology on the big screen,' published by Almuzara in 2023.

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