LAS CERÁMICAS IBÉRICAS CON DECORACIÓN ESTAMPILLADA DEL CERRO DE LA CRUZ (ALMEDINILLA, CÓRDOBA)

Abstract

We present a detailed catalogue, analysis and chronological study of the pottery with stamped decoration  from  the excavations  at the Iberian  Iron Age  settlement  at Cerro  de la Cruz (Almedinilla,  Córdoba).  These  pieces  have  usually  been  found  in  superf icial  strata  and  are usually very fragmentary shards, in striking contrast with the usual pattern of almost complete pottery vessels found in the different buildings from the this site, violently destroyed c. 141BC. It is possible  that these productions  are part of a slightly  earlier  chronological  phase  of the  site,  and  that  they  have  connections  with  the  region  of Jaén  to the  Northeast,  and  even with the Southern  Meseta  of the Iberian  Peninsula.