The Iron Age ritual deposit of Cueva del Aspio (Ruesga, Cantabria)

  • Rafael Bolado del Castillo Universidad de Cantabria
  • Jesús Tapia Sagarna Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi
  • Oriol López-Bultó Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Leonor Peña Chocarro CSIC
  • Inés López Dóriga Wessex Archaeology
  • Marián Cueto Rapado Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Enrique Gutiérrez Cuenca
  • José Ángel Hierro Gárate Universidad de Cantabria
  • Miriam Cubas Universidad de Alcalá
  • Pablo
Keywords: Iron Age, Cantabria, cave, ritual, offering, pottery, wood

Abstract

In this paper we present the study of the Iron Age deposit of Cueva del Aspio (Ruesga). In this we analyze the archaeological records and the information from the campaign of 1994 and the archaeological interventions that we developed between 2013 and 2018. Thanks to this, it has been possible to document a cult space dated between the 2nd-1st centuries BC in which were offered archaeological objects that represent the main socioeconomic activities of the society of the moment (agriculture, textile activity, pottery, iron and bronze metallurgy, livestock, warefare, etc.) and among which there is evidence of the practice of an act of commensality or ritual banquet.

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Rafael Bolado del Castillo, Universidad de Cantabria

Grupo Investigación SCOPE. Social evolution, organization of Space and Symbolism from the Paleolithic to the late Neolithic-Universidad de Cantabria.

José Ángel Hierro Gárate, Universidad de Cantabria

Proyecto Mauranus-. Grupo Investigación SCOPE. Social evolution, organization of Space and Symbolism from the Paleolithic to the late Neolithic.

Pablo

Ingeniero Técnico en Topografía

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Published
2022-12-14
How to Cite
Bolado del Castillo R. ., Tapia Sagarna J. ., López-Bultó O. ., Peña Chocarro L. ., López Dóriga I., Cueto Rapado M., Gutiérrez Cuenca E. ., Hierro Gárate J. Á., Cubas M. . y Pablo. (2022). The Iron Age ritual deposit of Cueva del Aspio (Ruesga, Cantabria). Complutum, 33(2), 481-505. https://doi.org/10.5209/cmpl.84159
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