Monuments
Archaeological sites
The Aguilillas tombs are part of the prehistoric necropolis (2nd millennium BC) built in artificial caves in the south of the Iberian Peninsula. Discovered at the end of the eighties and studied in 1991, composed of seven tombs between 2100 and 1900 BC in a period of transit between the Copper Age and the Bronze Age. It seems to have been associated with the settlement of El Castillón, which is located about 500 meters across the Guadalteba River. For its architectural forms, for the human remains and for the archaeological trousseaus found, they are of the best studied and of those that have offered more information on the life and the death of the first inhabitants of Guadalteba. According to the studies carried out, about 50 people of different ages and sexes were buried, the burials are of second deposition (only bones). The tombs were built manually with stone picks (about two hundred flint and other materials were recovered), and along with the human remains were found grave goods consisting of ceramic vessels, flint knives and personal ornaments (necklaces), as well as metal objects such as points and awls, and some female idols in stone. At the entrance of the complex we find information panels that indicate the layout of the circular route, which consists of about 2 km of route with slopes and natural pavement. <span class="automatic-translation-warning">This text was automatically translated.</span>
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