Development plans threaten valuable Tartessos necropolis in southern Spain
Development plans threaten valuable Tartessos necropolis in southern Spain Vicente Olaya © Juanma Brioso (EL PAÍS) The Cabezo de la Joya hill in Huelva, where four tall buildings are slated to go up. One of the most important Tartessian enclaves in the world was built between the 8th and 6th centuries BC on what is still an undeveloped, elevated piece of land in the center of Huelva, in Spain’s southern region of Andalusia, between the streets of Fray Junípero Serra and San Sebastián. The first excavations were carried out there between the late 1960s and early 1970s, ...
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