- Jean Gran-Aymerich –
of the hill, in the area used for disembarkation at the edge of the Lavalduc salt-water
pond.^100 The small port-site of Lattes (Hérault, Languedoc) is dominated by the modern
city of Montpellier and the location of the oppidum of Substantion which brought to light
excellent Attic ceramics of the fi fth century and vestiges of an important proto-historic
site. To the extreme south of Lattes, the constructions that furnished the most important
concentration of Etruscan ceramics as well as the bowls bearing the inscriptions pertaining
to women’s names were identifi ed by Michel Py as “Etruscan structures.”^101 The oppidum
of Ullastret (Girona-Gerona, Catalonia) furnished a rich ensemble of Etruscan ceramics
and bronzes (Fig. 17.21) the study of which continues to supply unexpected data.^102
Antonio Arribas Palau published in the 1960s the amazing “hallazgo cerrado” (closed
deposit) of Ullastret, which includes a complete Etruscan drinking set, possibly used
for a ceremonial gathering.^103 At the foot of the oppidum Illa d’en Reixac corresponds to
a quay that has brought to light some partially explored structures and which contained
Etruscan goods. Huelva (Atlantic façade of the Andalusian littoral) provides continual,
uninterrupted new evidence for its proto-historic origins, which attest to an active
maritime commerce, both varied and of long duration. The Etrusco-Italian imports have
been noted in several princely tombs around the area, as well as in the region close to the
quays in a context of quadrangular architectural constructions.^104
Figure 17.20 Etruscan mirror, from Empúries/Ampurias, old excavations in the necropolis. Bronze,
engraved with the Judgment of Paris, end of the fourth century (Gran-Aymerich 2006c).Figure 17.21 Ullastret, excavations of the oppidum of Puig Sant Andreu, attachment of moveable
handle for stamnoid situla. Cast bronze (Gran-Aymerich 2006c).