The "horizon of Atalaia" (1500-1100 BC) constitutes the apogee of this culture
Iberian bronze in the southwest is the name that is referred to as a cultural aspect of the Bronze Age (1900-700 BC) spread in southern Portugal and adjacent areas of southwestern Spain (Huelva, Seville, Extremadura ). It replaced the megalithic and proto-urban cultures that existed earlier in the same territory during calcolytic.
This new culture was characterized by invidual burials within cysts, a sign of harsh cultural influences, in which the deceased was inhumed along with bronze (mostly dagger) weapons. Much more rare is a kind of burial burial, probably this particular sepulchral form was reserved for members of the elite of these populations. Although less common than in previous periods, the collective burial is still in this historical phase. An example is the Las Cumbres necropolis near Cadiz, where in an artificial grotto were found the remains of 24-25 individuals accompanied by objects in arsenic and bronze copper and bell-shaped ceramics.
Next in this area developed the Tartessic civilization. Physical healing
South West Iberian Bronze is divided into three main phases: Notemodify wikitesto Voices correlateemodify wikitesto
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