Some ancient texts are indispensable to understand how Rome undertook the domination of the Northeast of the Peninsula, and how it organized its populations and resource exploitation. Despite the fact that these visions must be taken into consideration at a regional level does not mean that they are not valuable with regard to the archaeological record regarding the more general historical processes and the interests of Rome, Furthermore, written sources are a reflexion of an intellectual approximation the greco-roman elites to a peripheral territory that was incorporated to the Rome in later stages. Whether they be writings regarding the conquest (Florus, Orisius), commentaries regarding the local populations (Mela, Ptolemy) or the compilation of knowledge (Plinius), they all multiply the different points of view.
From a more general perspective, when addressing certain aspects within the IVGA it is important to take into consideration ancients texts that refer to them, such as mining technology, water management, military strategies... This leads to consult a variety of texts, ranging form juridical texts to technical treaties that contribute to a more coordinated understanding of the different records. The main objective is not to search the terrain for what is mentioned in a text, but to read both the archaeological and written information as two points of view regarding a same element, event or process.
Another important source is ancient epigrahy, despite the fact that it is almost nonexistent in the area that is being studied. It is limited to one epigraph, that is also problematic to read located in Villasmil, that belongs to Candín, and currently belongs to a privet owner.
Due to the diachronic standing point of historical landscape studies, and even though the focus of our study is the Roman period, different textual and graphical documents belongin to other period have progressively been incorporated into our study, helping is to explain how the landscape has been socially and physical modeled.
