Jean G r an - Ay mer i c hof the Tartessian littoral and is at the heart of a very rich mining belt, with resources in
copper and silver alongside the tin lode of the Atlantic coast. The princely tombs close
to the town have revealed two Rhodian-style bronze oinochoai,82 while the port quarter
has revealed a remarkable series of ceramics: bucchero kantharoi, transport amphorae
and Etrusco-Corinthian pottery.83 Within a context of proto-historic local ceramics with
Phoenician, Cypriot, and Greek imports dated to the eighth century, Sardinian vases
have recently been identified as well as two fragments of impasto of Villanovan type, from
either southern Etruria or Campania.84
The Mediterranean port farthest from Etruria to have furnished pottery, transport
amphorae and a bronze vase of high quality is Malaga. The colonial foundations around
Malaka and its harbor appear very early at the heart of Phoenician enterprises on the
Mediterranean coast close to the Straits of Gibraltar. The Malaga bay was no stranger
to Archaic Greek commerce and corresponds to the location of the mythical colony of
Mainake (Toscanos?).85 This littoral also provides a notable concentration of sites with
Etruscan goods, mainly bucchero vases and transport amphorae: the habitations of the city
of Malaga (mouth of the Guadalmedina), Cerro del Villar (mouth of the Guadalhorce),
Figure iy .i6 a-c Plan of architectural complex of Cancho Roano (a) and plans of structures with
possible Etruscan influence in southern Iberia: great tomb of Toya, Jaen (b) and building with portico in
antis at la Illeta, Els Banyets, Alacant-Alicante (c) (Llobregat 1991).AB C