Editing Barcelona (section)

=== Punic Barcelona ===
According to tradition, Barcelona was founded by Punic ([[Phoenicia|Phoenician]]) settlers, who had trading posts along the Catalonian coast.<ref name="britannica.com"/><ref>{{Cite book |last1=López-Ruiz |first1=Carolina |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GOXgEAAAQBAJ&dq=phoenician+history+of+barcelona&pg=PP1 |title=The Oxford Handbook of the Phoenician and Punic Mediterranean |last2=Doak |first2=Brian R. |date=2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-765442-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bierling |first1=Marilyn R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKISiDr6CnMC&q=barcelona&pg=PA155 |title=The Phoenicians in Spain: An Archaeological Review of the Eighth-sixth Centuries B.C.E. : a Collection of Articles Translated from Spanish |last2=Gitin |first2=Seymour |date=2002 |publisher=Eisenbrauns |isbn=978-1-57506-056-9 |language=en}}</ref> In particular, some historians attribute the foundation of the city directly to the historical [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] general, [[Hamilcar Barca]], father of [[Hannibal]], who supposedly named the city ''Barcino'' after his family in the 3rd century BC,<ref name="britannica.com"/><ref>Oros. vii. 143; Miñano, ''Diccion.'' vol.&nbsp;i. p.&nbsp;391; Auson. ''Epist.'' xxiv. 68, 69, ''Punica Barcino''.</ref> but this theory has been questioned.<ref name="Corporation1957" /> Archeological evidence in the form of coins from the 3rd century BC have been found on the hills at the foot of Montjuïc with the name Bárkeno written in an ancient script in the Iberian language{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}. Thus, we can conclude{{clarify|who "we", and why do we need to conclude anything? Wikipedia is not for drawing independent conclusions, but for quoting sources|date=November 2023}} that the Laietani{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}, an ancient Iberian (pre-Roman) people of the Iberian peninsula, who inhabited the area occupied by the city of Barcelona around 3–2 BC{{clarify|not clear if years or centuries are meant in the source; based on the context in the source, presuming years here would be too precise a dating - so likely it's centuries|date=November 2023}}, called the area Bàrkeno, which means "The Place of the Plains" (Barrke = plains/terrace).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barcelonacheckin.com/en/r/barcelona_tourism_guide/photo-articles/barcino-barcelona.php |title=From Barcino to Barcelona |access-date=16 September 2022 |archive-date=1 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401191847/https://www.barcelonacheckin.com/en/r/barcelona_tourism_guide/photo-articles/barcino-barcelona.php |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=An academic source would be preferable. | date=September 2023}}