La tumba 144 de la necrópolis de Las Ruedas

Abstract

The necropolis of Las Ruedas at Pintia constitutes the only cemetery which has been developed for over forty years, providing qualified information about the pre-Roman vaccean ethnic group. With more than over three hundred exhumed incineration tombs, some groups stand out for their wealth and variety of exotic or imported products. Such is the case in tomb number 144, with almost thirty objects, some belonging to Iberian and even Phoenician origin. Although the anthropological analysis has only allowed to determine the adult character of the individual represented in this tomb, the constitution of the trousseau, properly contrasted with the archaeological records of Las Ruedas, suggests that it was a woman. A female whose exotic goods {Phoenician glass, belt clasp and Iberian ceramics) could well be the funerary objects of a distinguished Iberian woman, within exogamic practices. In any case, the pieces clearly mark the scope of the relationships, despite the fact that the vaccean people inhabited inland, near the middle Douro river.