description La Osera Necropolis Overview
La Osera Necropolis is an Iron Age cemetery associated with the fortified settlement of La Mesa de Miranda near Chamartin in Avila, Spain. It contains more than 2,000 cremation burials attributed to the Vettones, a pre-Roman people of the western Iberian Peninsula. Grave groupings and funerary objects recovered there provide archaeological evidence about Vetton social organization, warfare, and burial customs.
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Where is La Osera Necropolis?
La Osera Necropolis is beside the fortified settlement of La Mesa de Miranda near Chamartin in Avila, Spain. It is an Iron Age cemetery in the western Iberian Peninsula.
Who was buried at La Osera?
The burials are attributed to the Vettones, a pre-Roman people of western Iberia. Their connection to La Mesa de Miranda links the cemetery to a fortified Iron Age settlement.
How large is La Osera Necropolis?
It contains more than 2,000 cremation burials. That number makes it a substantial archaeological record of Iron Age funerary practice.
Were the burials at La Osera cremations?
Yes. La Osera contains more than 2,000 cremation burials, with the graves arranged in groupings associated with the cemetery.
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