Mosque and Settlement of CuatrovitasArchaeological and architectural exploration of a mosque and deserted site of the Almohad period in the Aljarafe (Seville, Spain)

有了这个项目，目前关于Cutrevitas定居点的考古研究将在第二阶段得到完善和扩大。在项目结束时，所有信息将通过地理信息系统数据库和网络版本向更广泛的公众开放(见模块Öffentlichkeitsarbeit)。迄今为止，已通过四次实地考察对定居点进行了审查。它们使人们对清真寺的改造和基督教征服后继续进行的定居活动有了详细的了解。在以前的清真寺周围，出现了更多的问题，鼓励应用进一步的研究方法，重点是自然科学。如此一来，原2+1年的工程设计将被修改，以便系统地完成Cutrevitas的考古勘探工作。虽然前清真寺的文件可以被认为是完整的，但关于该遗址的形态、功能和重要性的更基本的问题需要通过考古田野工作进一步深入研究。这也是由于阿尔莫哈德时期的沉降核已被证明比先前预期的大得多(7.5公顷和10公顷)。为了更好地了解村庄核心的相互关系、它们与清真寺的关系以及它们的时间发展，应扩大和加强已证明成功的网格调查和地球物理调查。对伊斯兰墓地的探索将是另一个研究重点。将通过加强地面调查和地质考古方法(钻探、地磁学)来尝试其本地化。随后，墓穴的(部分)挖掘将极大地扩大迄今从清真寺周围的骨架发现中收集的数据。第三个重点将是通过对花粉和植物宏观残留物的分析，重建文化景观和区域气候的潜在变化。在过去的实地调查中，这些方法只能在很少的个体样本中应用。这种科学方法将产生该地区中世纪晚期的第一批考古植物学数据。将继续与塞维利亚大学(马格达莱纳·巴洛尔·皮乔塔教授教授)密切合作，进行库特拉维塔斯的研究。这样，就有可能继续研究阿尔吉拉菲历史的文字资料，并实现对邻近的阿尔吉拉菲中世纪遗址进行更大规模的调查(25平方公里)。

With this project, current archaeological research on the settlement of Cuatrovitas is to be refined and widened in a second phase. At the end of the project, all information will be accessible through a GIS database and in a web-based version for a wider public (see module Öffentlichkeitsarbeit).The settlement has hitherto been examined in four campaigns of fieldwork. They have resulted in a detailed picture of the transformation of the mosque and of settlement activities that continued beyond the Christian conquest. Around the former mosque, further questions have arisen that encourage the application of further research methods, with a focus on natural sciences. This way, the original project design of 2 + 1 years will be modified, in order to systematically complete the archaeological exploration of Cuatrovitas. While the documentation of the former mosque can be considered complete, more fundamental questions about the morphology, functionality and importance of the site justify further thorough research with archaeological fieldwork. This is also a due to the fact that the settlement nuclei of the Almohad period have proved to be considerably larger than previously expected (7.5 ha and 10 ha). In order to better understand the interrelationship of the village nuclei, their relation to the mosque, as well as their chronological development, grid surveys and geophysical surveys that have proved successful should be expanded an intensified. The exploration of the Islamic cemetery will be another focus of research. Its localization will be attempted with intensified ground surveys and geo-archaeological methods (drilling, geomagnetics). Subsequently, a (partial) excavation of the tombs will significantly expand the data that have hitherto been gathered from skeleton finds around the mosque. A third focus will be put on the reconstruction of the cultural landscape and potential changes in regional climate, through the analysis of pollen and macroscopic remnants of plants. In the past field campaigns, these methods could only be applied with few individual samples. This scientific approach will yield the first archaeo-botanical data for the higher middle ages in the region. Research in Cuatrovitas will continue to be conducted in close cooperation with the University of Seville (Prof. Dr. Magdalena Valor Piechotta). This way, it will also be possible to continue work on written sources on the history of the Aljarafe, and to realize the larger survey (25 sq km) on neighboring medieval sites of the Aljarafe.