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Solar Plant Construction Interrupted After Surprising Discovery: Researchers Found 5,000-Year-Old Fortress With Copper Age Remains.
In 2021, construction work for a solar plant had to be halted after a surprising discovery made by workers. At the site, archaeologists identified a fortress approximately 5,000 years old, with remains from the Copper Age, dating from 3,300 B.C. to 1,200 B.C. Since then, excavations have not stopped, and new findings continue to reveal fascinating details about the past.
Discoveries at the 5,000-Year-Old Fortress With Copper Age Remains
More precisely, the halted construction of the solar plant found a set of Copper Age settlements, and since then, archaeologists hired by the company Acciona Energia have already discovered several treasures of history, including a 5,000-year-old fortress with remains from the Copper Age, covering over 13,000 square meters on a hill, complete with stone walls, three ditches more than one meter and eighty deep, and an entrance about 70 cm wide.
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According to information from Popular Mechanics, the fortress on the hilltop where the solar plant construction was halted is called Cortijo Lobato and was only used for 400 years, as published in the study reported by El País.
According to experts, even though the fortified location had 25 towers and reinforced walls, enemies managed to attack, invade, and destroy the fortress, which had a pentagonal shape. Subsequently, the site also suffered a fire.
Interrupted Construction Also Showed Evidence of Roman Habitations
According to Cesar Perez, the chief archaeologist, one of the strongest indications that this was an intentional act is the burning of wooden doors embedded in the walls, according to El País.
Perez emphasizes that these doors were distanced from other flammable materials, which suggests that the fire at the 5,000-year-old fortress with Copper Age remains was not accidental, but rather the result of an attack on the fortification, a scene of violence and destruction in which the settlement was attacked, its defenses violated, and structure ultimately set ablaze.
In addition to the structures, researchers also found evidence of Roman habitations and a burial near a ditch, with a man who was buried in a shallow grave, who was between 25 and 35 years old when he died. He was face down, with his feet cut off and a dagger in his back.
This suggests that he may have had a military role in the 5,000-year-old fortress with Copper Age remains, since the dagger was the standard used by Roman legionaries. The act was likely precipitated due to the shallowness of the grave.
Placing the dagger in his back was a way to indicate that he was part of the army and received a dishonorable burial. He further explained that only one Roman legion was in the region at the time, the Legio VII Gemina, which was founded in 74 A.D. and was based in Leon and was known for providing surveillance and security.
What Was the Copper Age?
Prehistory is divided into the Paleolithic, Neolithic, and the Age of Metals. The latter is divided into three, being these metals dominated by man: Copper, Bronze, and Iron. Copper was the first metal to be found and used for the production of tools, utensils, and weaponry.
The Copper Age marks the beginning of the age of metals. Initially, it was the first metal dominated by humans and then it began to fuse with tin, giving rise to bronze, which soon thereafter was named the Bronze Age.
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