Funerary chamber of Toya (Peal de Becerro, Jaén, Spain)
The burial chamber of Toya was discovered by chance in 1909 by a peasant in the town of Peal de Becerro (Jaén), next to the old Iberian Tugia. The place is located in the foothills of Sierra de Cazorla, in the right bank of the Peal Stream. The mound of El Cerro de la Horca is 400 metres above sea level and some 60 metres above the bordering lands. It is one of the best examples of an Iberian prin…
Publisher
- Instituto de Arqueología Ibérica-Universidad de Jaén
Subject
- graves
Medium
- iron (metal)
- Iron
Publisher
- Instituto de Arqueología Ibérica-Universidad de Jaén
Subject
- graves
Medium
- iron (metal)
- Iron
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Rights
- Instituto de Arqueología Ibérica-Universidad de Jaén
Temporal
- Iron Age
Places
- Cámara de Toya
Identifier
- 3DICONS_8154
Is part of
- Europeana Archaeology
References
- Madrigal, A.(1997): "El ajuar de la cámara funeraria ibérica de Toya (Peal de Becerro, Jaén)". Trabajos de prehistoria, 54 (1): 167-184.
- Molinos, M. y Ruiz, A. (2015):"Del Cerrillo de la Compañía de Hornos de Peal a la necróplolis del Cerro de la Horca de Toya", en A. Ruiz y M. Molinos (coords.): Jaén, tierra ibera. 40 Años de investigación y transferencia. Universidad de Jaén: 55-67.
Providing country
- Spain
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-06-09T03:02:45.197Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-01-12T16:40:28.516Z