A NEW READING ON CHALCOLITHIC FORTIFICATIONS AT CERRO DE LA VIRGEN SITE (ORCE, GRANADA, SPAIN)

Authors

  • Juan Antonio Cámara Serrano Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Universidad de Granada
  • Fernando Molina González Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Universidad de Granada
  • Cristóbal Pérez Bareas Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Universidad de Granada
  • Liliana Spanedda Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Universidad de Granada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51679/ophiussa.2018.27

Keywords:

Iberian Southeast, Copper Age, Bronze Age, fortifications, chronology

Abstract

Thanks to a protective intervention on the Cerro de la Virgen (Orce, Granada), which did not affect the unexcavated deposits, the situation of different stretches of fortification walls identified by W. Schüle has been analyzed. The main wall was built in an early phase, radiocarbon dated circa 2450 cal BC. The modification of the access area with the building of a new wall that seals the gate in the Bronze Age, around 2000 cal BC, has also been attested, with previous transformations around 2200 cal BC. Moroever the Chalcolithic parallel walls that had been previously proposed by W. Schüle seem to be really collapsed walls in a depressed area generated by trimming vertical rock under the main wall which would be over 6 m high.

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Published

2021-10-15

How to Cite

Cámara Serrano, Juan Antonio, Fernando Molina González, Cristóbal Pérez Bareas, and Liliana Spanedda. 2021. “A NEW READING ON CHALCOLITHIC FORTIFICATIONS AT CERRO DE LA VIRGEN SITE (ORCE, GRANADA, SPAIN)”. Ophiussa. Revista Do Centro De Arqueologia Da Universidade De Lisboa 2 (October):25-37. https://doi.org/10.51679/ophiussa.2018.27.

Issue

Vol. 2 (2018)

Section

Articles