Motillas



The Motillas were the first attested settlement of La Mancha (Spain), which took place in the Middle Bronze Age by people belonging to the culture of Bronze of Levante.

The motillas are human-made hills atop of which are placed fortified settlements. Most of the sites of this culture belong to this category. Only a few sites in the skirts of Sierra Morena make an exception, being these fortified towns of larger size.

The motillas were erected c. 1500 BCE and abandoned c. 1300 BCE, coincident with the end of the Argarian civilization.