One of the world's most prestigious journals in the field of archeology, "Antiquity", published as a monograph of the British research center finds from the archaeological site of La Bastida.
Excavations at La Bastida, driven by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​have shown an impressive system of stone fortifications dating from 2200-2100 BC that protected one of the main political and economic centers of society argárica Age Bronze.
The fortification consists of parallel walls with projecting towers flanking a narrow entrance passage.
The defensive nature of these structures were a response to the significant changes in warfare and weapons in this period.
This sophisticated system fortification once again raises the question of possible contacts of the Mediterranean, along with social change and the role of physical violence in the emergence of argárica society.
