Editing Tartessos (section)

=== Turuñuelo archaeological site ===
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[[File:Rostro tartésico de El Turuñuelo (Badajoz) - Fondo blanco.jpg|thumb|Sculpture found at the site of [[Turuñuelo]], featuring the earrings characteristic of a Tartessian goldsmith's work.]]

Significant discoveries were made at [[Turuñuelo]] archeological site in [[Guareña]], where excavation began in 2015. The site was declared ''[[Bien de Interés Cultural|bien de interés cultural]]'' (National heritage site) in May 2022.<ref name="ep">{{Cite web |date=17 September 2022 |title=Meritxell Batet destaca el yacimiento tartésico de 'El Turuñuelo' en Guareña y la "colaboración entre administraciones" |url=https://www.europapress.es/extremadura/noticia-meritxell-batet-destaca-yacimiento-tartesico-turunuelo-guarena-colaboracion-administraciones-20220917140456.html |website=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Macías |first=C. |date=12 July 2021 |title=El Turuñuelo: la misteriosa escalera extremeña que podría cambiar todos los manuales |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/alma-corazon-vida/2021-07-12/turunuelo-escalera-extremena-podria-manuales_3177356/ |website=[[El Confidencial]]}}</ref>

Two ornate stone busts, featuring details of [[Jewellery|jewelry]] and [[Hairstyle|hairstyles]] which are thought to be the first facial representations of the Tartessian goddesses were discovered in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archaeologists uncover the first human representations of the ancient Tartessos people |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-uncover-the-first-human-representations-of-the-ancient-tartessos-people/147019 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=HeritageDaily - Archaeology News |date=19 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Altuntaş |first=Leman |date=2023-04-19 |title=Archaeologists have uncovered the first human representations of the people of mythical Tartessos |url=https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-have-uncovered-the-first-human-representations-of-the-people-of-mythical-tartessos/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Arkeonews |language=en-US}}</ref> These sculptures are somewhat similar to the [[Lady of Elche]] sculpture, which was dated between the 5th and 4th centuries BC, but are considerably earlier. Fragments of at least three other busts have also been recovered. One of them is attributed to a warrior because part of his helmet is preserved.

In this region of southern Spain, the Tartessian culture was born around the 9th century B.C. as a result of hybridization between the Phoenician settlers and the local inhabitants. Scholars refer to the Tartessian culture as "a hybrid archaeological culture".<ref>Carolina López-Ruiz, Michael Dietler 2009 (eds), [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Colonial_Encounters_in_Ancient_Iberia/lX4sFmBYZ74C Colonial Encounters in Ancient Iberia: Phoenician, Greek, and Indigenous Relations.] University of Chicago Press. p.194</ref>