Publication: Investigación y gestión de un complejo monumental prehistórico en el borde meridional de la Meseta: Castillejo del Bonete (Terrinches, Ciudad Real). Quince años de intervenciones arqueológicas (2003-2015)
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2015
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Álvarez García, Honorio Javier
Palomares Zumajo, Norberto
Mata Trujillo, Enrique
Moraleda Sierra, Jaime
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Centro Arqueológico Saguntino
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Castillejo del Bonete es un yacimiento arqueológico creado en torno a una cueva que resultó utilizada y sellada durante la Prehistoria Reciente. El lugar goza de una privilegiada situación entre las cuencas hidrológicas del Guadiana y del Guadalquivir, cerca de varias morras y otros asentamientos de igual cronología. Todos ellos fueron construidos sobre una histórica vía de paso que ha servido durante milenios para la comunicación entre la Alta Andalucía y la Submeseta Sur, cuyo itinerario quedó epigráficamente recogido por los Vasos de Vicarello.
Las potentes estructuras arquitectónicas de Castillejo del Bonete se encuentran asociadas a contextos funerarios, habiéndose recuperado en el lugar abundantes piezas metálicas en óptimo estado de conservación, tanto en el interior de tumbas como fuera de ellas. Se han detectado dos túmulos, un corredor megalítico de más de veinte metros de longitud, otros tres corredores de diferente clase y una cueva subterránea que fue adaptada para su uso.
Este trabajo presenta los resultados de una década de gestiones e intervenciones arqueológicas sobre Castillejo del Bonete, actualizando las interpretaciones que habían sido presentadas hasta este momento.
Castillejo del Bonete is a cave that was used and adapted during Late Prehistory, resulting sealed until today during the Bronze Age. The site has a privileged situation between Guadiana and Guadalquivir watersheds, near several morras and other settlements of the same timeline. They were built on an historic passageway that has been served during millennia for communication between the Upper Andalusia and Iberian Plateau; this itinerary epigraphically appears on Vicarello's Goblets. The powerful architectural structures of Castillejo del Bonete are associated with funerary contexts, having recovered in the site many metal tools well conserved, both inside and outside the graves. A megalithic corridor over twenty meters long, three corridors more of different kind and an underground cave that was adapted for use have been discovered. This paper presents the results of ten years of archaeological research on Castillejo del Bonete, updating the interpretations that have been presented so far.
Castillejo del Bonete is a cave that was used and adapted during Late Prehistory, resulting sealed until today during the Bronze Age. The site has a privileged situation between Guadiana and Guadalquivir watersheds, near several morras and other settlements of the same timeline. They were built on an historic passageway that has been served during millennia for communication between the Upper Andalusia and Iberian Plateau; this itinerary epigraphically appears on Vicarello's Goblets. The powerful architectural structures of Castillejo del Bonete are associated with funerary contexts, having recovered in the site many metal tools well conserved, both inside and outside the graves. A megalithic corridor over twenty meters long, three corridors more of different kind and an underground cave that was adapted for use have been discovered. This paper presents the results of ten years of archaeological research on Castillejo del Bonete, updating the interpretations that have been presented so far.