Las ciudades fenicias del Castillo de Doña Blanca y Cádiz durante el siglo VIII a.C. Mi visión actual según los datos recientes arqueológicos.

Abstract

Thirty years ago, there were very few evidences of archaic Phoenician remains – 8th and 7th c. B.C. – in the geographic area of the Bay of Cadiz, from Sancti Petri to the mouth of the river Guadalquivir. The archaeological excavations in Castillo de Doña Blanca (CDB), since 1979, were the first ones in showing how it was a Phoenician city, its ceramic repertoire and the stratigraphic and historic sequences from the late 9th or early 8th c. to 215-210 BC. Since then it has been excavated in several indigenous sites in the vicinity of the Bay of Cadiz and it has also been prospected a large territory. It was also investigated in wide sections in the city of CDB, in the industrial area of Las Cumbres and the necropolis. Which it has provided an important and necessary knowledge on indigenous and Phoenician societies in this area. In recent years there have been carried out important archaeological excavations in Cadiz and Chiclana, near the ancient Phoenician temple of Melqart. The aim of this paper is to provide meaning to the data and evaluate the role of CDB, surely the largest and most important Phoenician settlement in the Bay of Cadiz.