Análisis histórico constructivo de la iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán (Pajarejos, Segovia) por medio del análisis estratigráfico constructivo

Abstract

The article illustrates the potential of stratigraphic analysis, an archaeological method reading the information contained on surfaces, enabling the acquisition of knowledge and the documentation of architectural heritage. The vicissitudes of the method permit to reconstruct the architectural stratification of heritage buildings, yielding more in-depth knowledge than what can be derived through historical and typological analysis. The approach involves the application of a logic and contextualized stratigraphic survey of the legible and tangible elements of the building, the primary source, enabling the reestablishment of the chronology of technical and constructive interventions that have led to the current appearance of the building. Consideration of this knowledge, prior to any new interference, will automatically result in a more rational and justified intervention in heritage assets. The detailed stratigraphic study of the Romanesque church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán (Castilla and León, Spain) has clearly demonstrated the virtues of the method, and this in the absence of previous studies and the limited availability of historical references. The study revealed the succession of thirteen specific and complementary phases of constructive campaigns between the twelfth century and today, previously architectonically not documented.