Conflictos y destrucciones en la Celtiberia Citerior entre los siglos III y I a. C.: el yacimiento de «El Calvario», en Gotor, Zaragoza

Archaeological research has documented three violent destructions in the Celtic Iberian site of “El Calvario” (Gotor, Zaragoza) between the end of the 3rd century and the beginning of the 1st century BC. After the second destruction, the site was completely remodeled and rebuilt. The third and last destruction led to its final abandonment. The devastated structures, together with some coins, portray the violent context of the Celtiberian area during the last centuries of the first millennium BC. Additionally, we can confirm the problem of establishing a chronology for the Celtiberian pottery between the 4th and 1st centuries BC. “El Calvario” is located in the region controlled by the Celtiberian city of Aratis, where metallurgy was the most important economic activity. Metallurgy organized and gave meaning to the Celtiberian occupation in the current region of the Aranda river.