Turuñuelo facts for kids
El Turuñuelo, also called Casas del Turuñuelo and El Turuñuelo de Guareña, is an archaeological site in Guareña, province of Badajoz, Spain. It corresponds to the late Tartessian culture developed in the Middle Guadiana Valley in the southwestern Iberian Peninsula in the 5th century BCE after the downfall of the Tartessian archaeological culture's main core around the Guadalquivir valley by the end of the 6th century BCE. It consists of a big building which was ritually set on fire and buried after a hecatomb-like ceremony was performed.
The mound under which the building is located was already known since the 1980s. The earliest digging works began in 2015. As of 2021, there were another 12 similar structures identified in the region, of which only two, Cancho Roano (Zalamea de la Serena) and La Mata (Campanario) had been excavated. The site was declared bien de interés cultural in May 2022.
The six last steps of the courtyard stairs in the site singularly display the use of lime mortar.
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In Spanish: El Turuñuelo para niños
