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Tartessos

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  • What was cancho roano?
    an archeological site, believed to be a temple
  • Where was tartessos?
    Where andalusia is today.
  • what happened to cancho roano?
    It was ritually burned than buried.
  • How much do we know about Tartessian religion?
    We know they were polytheistic, but not much else.
  • What made tartessos rich?
    They had lots of metal that they sold in other places
  • Where is El Turuñuelo?
    Guareña
  • How well do we know the tartessian language?
    we have some idea of what it sounded like, but we dont know the meaning of the words
  • What is Boustrophedon writing?
    When you write back and forth on alternating lines
  • Where was cancho roano?
    Near Caceres
  • How was the tartessian language written?
    right to left, in a spiral pattern, and back and forth
  • What is polytheism?
    The worship of multiple gods
  • When did tartessos exist?
    From the end of the bronze age to the 5th century BCE.
  • Why is El Turuñuelo notable?
    Because it was made with material from all around the mediterranian
  • What is a bust?
    A statue of the upper part of someones body
  • What is anthropromorphism?
    Looking like or being shaped like a person
  • What did we find in El Turuñuelo?
    statues of people's heads and upper bodies
  • What is a hecatomb ceremony?
    The ritual religious sacrifice of cattle
  • What happened to Tartessos?
    we're not exactly sure
  • who made the treasure of el carambolo?
    Most likely the phonecians.
  • what is the treasure of el carambolo?
    a treasure hoard with 21 pieces of crafted gold.
  • when was El Turuñuelo discovered?
    2015
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