(1/8) In this #HillfortsWednesday we will talk about horses, ducks and fish! Let's travel to the impressive hillfort of Formigueiros, in #Galicia, with its maze-like ramparts and ditches. The hillfort was inhabited from the 3rd century B.C. to I a.C. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Castro+de+Formigueiros/@42.7058188,-7.3555367,807m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xd3046aacca9f3cd:0xe83b95e1ef07ddeb!8m2!3d42.7058188!4d-7.353348
(1/8) In this #HillfortsWednesday we will talk about horses, ducks and fish! Let's travel to the impressive hillfort of Formigueiros, in #Galicia, with its maze-like ramparts and ditches. The hillfort was inhabited from the 3rd century B.C. to I a.C. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Castro+de+Formigueiros/@42.7058188,-7.3555367,807m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xd3046aacca9f3cd:0xe83b95e1ef07ddeb!8m2!3d42.7058188!4d-7.353348
(1/8) In this #HillfortsWednesday we will talk about horses, ducks and fish! Let's travel to the impressive hillfort of Formigueiros, in #Galicia, with its maze-like ramparts and ditches. The hillfort was inhabited from the 3rd century B.C. to I a.C. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Castro+de+Formigueiros/@42.7058188,-7.3555367,807m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xd3046aacca9f3cd:0xe83b95e1ef07ddeb!8m2!3d42.7058188!4d-7.353348
(1/8) In this #HillfortsWednesday we will talk about horses, ducks and fish! Let's travel to the impressive hillfort of Formigueiros, in #Galicia, with its maze-like ramparts and ditches. The hillfort was inhabited from the 3rd century B.C. to I a.C. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Castro+de+Formigueiros/@42.7058188,-7.3555367,807m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xd3046aacca9f3cd:0xe83b95e1ef07ddeb!8m2!3d42.7058188!4d-7.353348
(2/8) Inside, there was a small square paved with slate and surrounded by buildings, even a kitchen. Something fascinating was found around the stone bench. On the floor slabs and on the bench itself, these buddies engraved their imagination and their world. #hillfortswednesday
(2/8) Inside, there was a small square paved with slate and surrounded by buildings, even a kitchen. Something fascinating was found around the stone bench. On the floor slabs and on the bench itself, these buddies engraved their imagination and their world. #hillfortswednesday
(2/8) Inside, there was a small square paved with slate and surrounded by buildings, even a kitchen. Something fascinating was found around the stone bench. On the floor slabs and on the bench itself, these buddies engraved their imagination and their world. #hillfortswednesday
(3/8) Two fish were carved on two pavement slabs, one of them with a large open mouth. Researchers believe they may be in the salmon family. Next to one of them appear some mysterious strokes similar to an unknown writing, but do not hesitate with that! #hillfortswednesday
(3/8) Two fish were carved on two pavement slabs, one of them with a large open mouth. Researchers believe they may be in the salmon family. Next to one of them appear some mysterious strokes similar to an unknown writing, but do not hesitate with that! #hillfortswednesday
(3/8) Two fish were carved on two pavement slabs, one of them with a large open mouth. Researchers believe they may be in the salmon family. Next to one of them appear some mysterious strokes similar to an unknown writing, but do not hesitate with that! #hillfortswednesday
(4/8) In other slabs, a magnificent maze was depicted. It is very possible that engravers used a compass to perfect their curves. You can check also the lines around this game board to discover the compass. #hillfortswednesday
(4/8) In other slabs, a magnificent maze was depicted. It is very possible that engravers used a compass to perfect their curves. You can check also the lines around this game board to discover the compass. #hillfortswednesday
(4/8) In other slabs, a magnificent maze was depicted. It is very possible that engravers used a compass to perfect their curves. You can check also the lines around this game board to discover the compass. #hillfortswednesday
(5/8) And even more: in other slabs, you can appreciate the representation of horses. Horses, fish... are common in NW Iberia Iron Age graphic depictions. And we have a magnificent object to prove it in the next tweet. #hillfortswednesday
(5/8) And even more: in other slabs, you can appreciate the representation of horses. Horses, fish... are common in NW Iberia Iron Age graphic depictions. And we have a magnificent object to prove it in the next tweet. #hillfortswednesday
(5/8) And even more: in other slabs, you can appreciate the representation of horses. Horses, fish... are common in NW Iberia Iron Age graphic depictions. And we have a magnificent object to prove it in the next tweet. #hillfortswednesday
(5/8) And even more: in other slabs, you can appreciate the representation of horses. Horses, fish... are common in NW Iberia Iron Age graphic depictions. And we have a magnificent object to prove it in the next tweet. #hillfortswednesday
(6/8) Look at the amazing Diadema de Moñes, found in the north of Gallaecia. It's a cultural universe in itself: the warriors on horseback (with those strange bird's heads), men holding cauldrons, salmon swimming, and ducks. The same world as in Formigueiros. #HillfortsWednesday
(6/8) Look at the amazing Diadema de Moñes, found in the north of Gallaecia. It's a cultural universe in itself: the warriors on horseback (with those strange bird's heads), men holding cauldrons, salmon swimming, and ducks. The same world as in Formigueiros. #HillfortsWednesday
(6/8) Look at the amazing Diadema de Moñes, found in the north of Gallaecia. It's a cultural universe in itself: the warriors on horseback (with those strange bird's heads), men holding cauldrons, salmon swimming, and ducks. The same world as in Formigueiros. #HillfortsWednesday
(6/8) Look at the amazing Diadema de Moñes, found in the north of Gallaecia. It's a cultural universe in itself: the warriors on horseback (with those strange bird's heads), men holding cauldrons, salmon swimming, and ducks. The same world as in Formigueiros. #HillfortsWednesday
(7/8) In 2016 I curated the exhibition #galicia100, selecting 100 objects to tell the country's history. We prepared an animation bringing the mythical universe of the headband and the Iron Age back to life. Horses, salmon, bird warrior men! #HillfortsWednesday
(8/8) To know more about Formigueiros' hillfort engravings, read the article published by the archaeologists Gonzalo Meijide, Xosé Ignacio Vilaseco and Jacek Blaszczyk. The photos in this thread come from this publication. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/3043985.pdf #HillfortsWednesday
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