Stela from Solana de Cabañas
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The stele of Solana de Cabañas is a broken slab of slate that was discovered in a district of the municipality of Cabañas del Castillo, in the province of Cáceres , in Extremadura in Spain and dates back to between 1000 and 800 BC. Is dated.
In addition to a non-warlike figure, the illustration shows a shield with a V-notch, a spear , a sword , comb and mirror and a four-wheeled cart with draft animals. The representation is reminiscent of representations of the east coast that were found in Berzocana.
The stele is considered a grave stele , although it cannot be ruled out that it was used in a different context. In the Bronze Age , schematic representations of warriors are particularly common in the west of the Iberian Peninsula .
The inhabitants of the first millennium BC BC are ancestors of the peoples who provided evidence of the warlike character of the period through representations carved in stone. The so-called warrior Solana de Cabañas was one of the first discoveries of its kind and a milestone in the study of the phenomenon. According to an investigation, the beginning of the phenomenon can be assumed in the northern area of Extremadura including the southern province of Salamanca and the neighboring region in Portugal, where smaller female steles accompany the warriors. The evolution of the monuments and the complexity of the signs increased as they spread to the south ( steles of Cabeza del Buey ).
See also
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- Description, picture and sketch (Spanish)