Emilio Pérez-Pujol’s scientific contributions

Presentamos el estudio conjunto de los registros materiales procedentes de las distintas intervenciones realizadas en la vaguada del castro de las Rabas (Cervatos, Cantabria) en 1968-1969 y en 2011. Los resultados han permitido contribuir a caracterizar la cultura material del enclave, mientras que el estudio antropológico del cráneo conservado revela lesiones perimortales acontecidas en el siglo IV a.C., momento en el que el yacimiento pudo sufrir alguna incursión violenta. _____________________ In this paper, we present the material culture recorded in the hillfort of Las Rabas (Cervatos, Cantabria), between 1968-1969 and 2011. Our results allow us to characterize the material culture of the site and the anthropological study of the human skull shows perimortal injuries as consequence of a possible attack on the town in the 4th century a.C. The valley of the hillfort of Las Rabas is one of the most important areas of the site because most of the archaeological materials come from here. The different studies have led to interpret the valley as one of the areas of habitat or as a possible necropolis. The materials recovered during the archaeological excavation of 2011 allow us to propose that it be a landfill. The study of the archaeological materials has allowed differentiating three types of pottery productions: handmade pottery, wheel made pottery and campanian pottery. This last type could be imitations. Also abundant remains of fauna bones have been recovered, a human skull and iron and bronze objects like arms and fibulae. All archaeological objects date the site in the Second Iron Age, being destroyed during Cantabrian Wars.