Neuralgic center of the valley

As early as the II century BC there begins to emerge large settlements in height that decided to equip themselves with a monumental defensive system.
These are central places that, in a local context, increase in size due to the concentration of population from other prehistoric villages. This new reality, which lasted approximately until the 1st century BC, is known by the name of oppida or neuralgic centres, large Iron Age fortified settlements in which certain economic activities and political functions were centralized. The complex that we see here is located in the second fortified enclosure of the fort that was created in the 1st century BC according to the dates given in the 1980s. This period is characterized by the construction of huts with an atrium or lobby like the one that appears in the centre of the photograph. It is an enclosed area with an elliptical plan of smaller dimensions than the main building, which rises to expand and complement it, satisfying the needs of greater private space for its inhabitants. The abandonment of the settlement, which took place between the end of the first century AD and the beginning of the II century AD, must have occurred peacefully in favour of new settlements at the bottom of the valley.

Spindles

Stone spindles, specifically those made from ceramics, are very common findings at the settlements. Frequently decorated, they served as the base of the spindle, a wooden instrument on which a thread was wrapped at the time of weaving. The cloth was made by women from wool and linen.