Around 2,500 years ago, an aristocratic family that lived in the city of Ullastret decided to build a large residence. The settlement, founded in the 6th century BC on the Puig de Sant Andreu, had already become the largest urban center of the Iberian culture.
The architects had no qualms about opening a door directly in the powerful wall that protected the place so that these rooms could be accessed, which occupied an area of 725 square meters, of which six rooms have already been excavated.
The house was built at the end of the 5th century or the beginning of the 4th century BC. as an urban expansion of the original core and was used until the second half of the 3rd century BC, when it was abandoned. It was at this time that the wall system was renewed, coinciding with the Second Punic War.
Archaeological work in this area began in 2017 with a geophysical survey and continued in 2018 with the study of the structures and materials that had been recovered during the interventions of Dr. Miquel Oliva in the 1960s and 1960s. seventies of the twentieth century.
It was precisely during these excavations that, in 1969, several skulls and weapons were found inside a silo next to the door opened directly in the wall. The discovery of these remains is linked to the ritual practice that consists of displaying the head and weapons of the defeated enemy as a war trophy.
In the future, as explained by the experts from the Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, the project intends to continue the extensive excavation of the isthmus area to understand the origin, evolution and end of the urban fabric and the defensive system of that area of the old Iberian city of Ullastret and adapt it for public visits.
