Fíbula romana “de rodilla” (Kniefibeln) procedente de Hijes (Guadalajara)

Abstract

In this paper we want to highlight on the recent finding of one Kniefibeln in the roman site of “Los Arroyos II”, Hijes (Guadalajara, Spain). Its presence is really significant because this kind of fibeln basically came from Central Europe and this is the first one find in the Iberian Peninsula. The typological study is an essential part of the archaeological research but, on top of the basic technical aspects, it must be analized its social uses as well as the people who made and dressed it. The finding of this fibeln in Spanish Plateau, far from the place it was manufactured, indicates population movement, supposedly soldiers from Tiermes, moved to defend the Germanic and Rhenish-Danubian limes. This conclusion is supported not only by archaeological data but also by epigraphic documents. This tell us that, under a methodological point of view, we have to focus the historical studies from different information sources.