El Chuche (settlement)

settlement · 330 BC – 2099 AD

A Roman-period hilltop site, partially excavated in the 20th century, that lies just west of the modern Spanish village of El Chuche in the municipal district of Benahadux, Almeria. It is probably to be associated with the attested Roman name "Urci". The archaeological record of human habitation on and near the site stretches back to the Chalcolithic.

Coordinates

36.91311, -2.45216

Also known as

Cerro de Las Agüicas (es), Cerro de Las Agüicas (es), Cerro del Paredón (es), Cerro del Paredón (es), Chuche (es), Chuche (es), Urci (la), Vrci (la), yacimiento de El Chuche (es), yacimiento de El Chuche, El Chuche (yacimiento de) (es)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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