Abstract:

This small, fortified settlement of 1,000 m2 has been discontinuously excavated since 1998. The campaigns of 2016, 2017 and 2020 have completely exhausted the stratigraphy in ten sectors (corresponding to enclosed spaces and street) to be completed. The main novelty has been the discovery of a phase dating from the second half of the 6th century BC, prior to the defence system and the urban layout currently visible. It is defined by a large artificial cut in the limestone rock, which at some points is 2.8 m deep, almost 25 m long and of varying width. At the same time, a large stone wall has been identified, most probably the remains of the rampart reinforced by this moat from the Early Iberian period. At the end of the 5th century BC, this wall was demolished; a quadrangular tower and a new wall were built, 10 m to the north of the previous one, which characterised the settlement of the Middle Iberian period (4th – 3rd centuries BC).