- chapter 17: Etruria Marittima –
amid residential contexts (Cancho Roano, El Turuñuelo) (Fig. 17.14–15). This grouping
of contexts diverse yet complementary, linking commercial enterprises, the centers of
economic power, and local indigenes, forces a re-evaluation of the dossier of trade goods
and Etruscan enterprises on the Iberian Peninsula. While the dossiers from Ampurias and
the Catalan littoral are closely linked to Marseille and the diffusion of Etruscan objects
in the north-western Mediterranean, southern Iberia is primarily linked to Carthage and
the network of western Phoenician colonies.
The Etruscan goods documented the farthest from Etruria derive from the Atlantic
coast, at the port site of Huelva, and in the Tartessian hinterland by the palace-sanctuary
of Cancho Roano, to the south of Mérida in Estremadura (Figs 17.15, 17.16a).^81 The site
of Huelva, sheltered at the base of its harbor, is the most important indigenous habitation
Figure 17.14 Site of Turuñuelo, Mérida, province of Badajoz (Estremadura), plaque from a box with
centaur. Carved ivory, end of the sixth century. (Gran-Aymerich 2006c, top drawing G.-A.).Figure 17.15 Cancho Roano, Zalamea, province of Badajoz. Banquet tools, simpula.
Bronze, end of the sixth century. (Gran-Aymerich 2006c).