La Bastida de Totana — Argaric Fortified City
La Bastida
El Argar Bronze Age (2200–1550 BCE)·El Argar·🇪🇸 Murcia, Totana, Spain
About
About La Bastida de Totana — Argaric Fortified City
Totana hill city excavated by Lull & Micó since 2009, type-site of Argaric urbanism, with fortified acropolis and extramural cemeteries. Recorded context — Period: El Argar Bronze Age (2200–1550 BCE); Culture: El Argar; Field status: excavated; Materials: sandstone, mudbrick, plaster; Condition: excavated — conserved.
Why it mattersKey El Argar ancient-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Elite residence
- 02Seasonal gathering
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2200 BCE
- Period
- El Argar Bronze Age (2200–1550 BCE)
- Culture
- El Argar
- Purpose
- Argaric hilltop city (4 ha) with massive fortification, bastions and cisterns — Bronze Age state centre
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1922
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1500 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at La Bastida de Totana — Argaric Fortified City
c. 2200 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at La Bastida de Totana — Argaric Fortified City
On the ground
Structures & features
37.7600° N · 1.5000° W · 450 m · 3 mapped features
- La Bastida de Totana — Argaric Fortified City — Principal Structurestructurestructure at La Bastida de Totana — Argaric Fortified City — hydraulic feature37.7591° N · 1.4981° W
- La Bastida de Totana — Argaric Fortified City — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at La Bastida de Totana — Argaric Fortified City — outlier feature37.7617° N · 1.5014° W
- La Bastida de Totana — Argaric Fortified City — Southern Rock Artrock artrock art at La Bastida de Totana — Argaric Fortified City — outlier feature37.7605° N · 1.4993° W
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