Urna 1011. Tumba 5. Cerro de los Vientos

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The Urn from the Cemetery of Cerro de los Vientos (Baeza, Jaén, Spain) was handcrafted with a polished exterior surface and a diameter of 30 cm. It features painted red "Royal" decorations with triangular geometric figures on the border area. Dating back to the VIII-VII centuries BC. Inside this urn meant for housing incinerated human remains, several objects have been found, likely collected from the funeral pyre among cremation ashes: a silver ring, carnelian beads, fragments of a possible double-spring bronze brooch, and a small bronze knife blade with an angled edge. The anthropological analysis of the human remains within reveals a high degree of fragmentation and reduced dimensions between 1-4 cm, along with significant color changes, evidence of thermal alteration from fire exposure at temperatures above 600-650°C. The identified remains belong to an adult woman.