La Villeta (Ciudad Real), un campo de hoyos del Bronce Inicial en La Mancha
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La Villeta (Ciudad Real), un campo de hoyos del Bronce Inicial en La Mancha. (2025). Anejos a Cuadernos De Prehistoria Y Arqueología, 8(1), 227-251. https://doi.org/10.15366/aneguti.8.012
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En la actualidad son excepcionales los asentamientos con estructuras subterráneas del Bronce Inicial en la Meseta Sur por la dificultad de su identificación en prospecciones superficiales. La Villeta I y II fueron localizados en 2004 y 2008 durante las obras del aeropuerto de Ciudad Real. La Villeta I presentó 19 hoyos y la Villeta II otros 11, con una profundidad máxima de 1,13 m. Junto a un repertorio de cerámica de la Edad del Bronce, el hallazgo más significativo fue una alabarda de cobre, reutilizada como puñal, en el hoyo 6 de la Villeta I, quizás resultado de un acto deliberado de deposición, mientras una datación del hoyo 3 de la Villeta I indica una cronología de ca. 2275 (2140) 2035 AC que nos sitúa en el Bronce Inicial, coetánea a la fase I de la motilla del Azuer, 2200/2150-2000 AC.
Currently, settlements with underground structures from the Early Bronze Age in the Iberian Southern Plateau are exceptional due to the difficulty of identifying them in surface surveys. La Villeta I and II were located in 2004 and 2008 during the construction of the Ciudad Real airport. Villeta I had 19 pits and Villeta II another 11, with a maximum depth of 1.13 m. Along with a repertoire of ceramics from the Bronze Age, the most significant find was a copper halberd, reused as a dagger, in pit 6 of Villeta I, perhaps result of a deliberate act of deposition, while a radiocarbon dating from the pit 3 of Villeta I indicates a chronology of c. 2275 (2140) 2035 BC which places in the Early Bronze Age, contemporary with phase I of the motilla del Azuer, 2200/2150-2000 BC.
Currently, settlements with underground structures from the Early Bronze Age in the Iberian Southern Plateau are exceptional due to the difficulty of identifying them in surface surveys. La Villeta I and II were located in 2004 and 2008 during the construction of the Ciudad Real airport. Villeta I had 19 pits and Villeta II another 11, with a maximum depth of 1.13 m. Along with a repertoire of ceramics from the Bronze Age, the most significant find was a copper halberd, reused as a dagger, in pit 6 of Villeta I, perhaps result of a deliberate act of deposition, while a radiocarbon dating from the pit 3 of Villeta I indicates a chronology of c. 2275 (2140) 2035 BC which places in the Early Bronze Age, contemporary with phase I of the motilla del Azuer, 2200/2150-2000 BC.