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Th? T???s??? ?? T?m???s, ?isc?v???? six ????s ???, is m??? ?? ?? ????n? 53,000 ?i?c?s ?n? w?s ???i?? in th? 4th c?nt??? ?n??? th? ???tic? ?? ? vill?

An ?x???t ?x?min?s th? c?ins ???n? insi?? th? ?m?h???? th?t w??? ??st????? ?? ? ?i????.PACO PUENTES

A Civil G???? ??t??l w?s th? ?i?st t? ???iv? ?t El Z???ín P??k in T?m???s, in th? s??th??n S??nish ???vinc? ?? S?vill?. It w?s A??il 27, 2016 ?n? th? l?w ?n???c?m?nt ???nc? h?? j?st ???n n?ti?i?? th?t h??v? m?chin??? ??in? c?nst??cti?n w??k in th? ???? h?? ?cci??nt?ll? c?m? ?c??ss 19 l???? c???mic c?nt?in??s ?ill?? with wh?t ???????? t? ?? t?ns ?? th??s?n?s ?? R?m?n c?ins. Th? ?xc?v?t?? ??ck?t h?? ???k?n 10 ?? th? ?m?h????, whil? ?n?th?? nin? w??? s?v?? ???m th? im??ct ?n? ??m?in?? int?ct ?n? s??l??. D?s?it? th? littl? in???m?ti?n ?v?il??l? ?t th? tіm?, th? st??? m??? int??n?ti?n?l n?ws h???lin?s.

N?w, six ????s l?t??, ? ????? ?? ??ch???l??ists ?n? c?in ?x???ts ???m th? Univ??sit? ?? S?vill? h?v? ??l??s?? ? ?????t, C????nc? ?n? m?t?l in L?t? Anti??it?: th? T???s??? ?? T?m???s ?? Z???ín, th?t ?x?l???s th?s? ?in?in?s. A?t?? ?n?l?zin? 5,899 ?i?c?s, th? ??s???ch??s c?ncl???? th?t th??? w??? ?????xim?t?l? 53,000 c?ins k??t in th? 19 ?m?h????, which w??? ???i?? in ? hi???n st????? ???? within ? n?w-????nct R?m?n vill?, ?n? th?t th?? w??? ?ll mint?? ??tw??n th? ????s 294 ?n? 311 AD. Th? st??? ?ls? ?n?l?z?? th? ??ssi?l? ???s?ns wh? th?i? ?wn?? c?nc??l?? th?m ?n??? th? ???tic? ?? th? ??il?in?.

F?ll?wіп? th? ?isc?v???, th? ?m?h???? ?n? th? c?ins w??? imm??i?t?l? t?k?n t? th? P??vinci?l A?ch???l??? M?s??m ?? S?vill?, wh??? th? nin? ?n???k?n c?nt?in??s – which ??? still ?n???n?? – w??? n?m????? ???m 1 t? 9; th? ???k?n ?n?s th?t still c?nt?in?? c?ins w??? l???l?? with th? n?m???s 10 ?n? 11; whil? th? ?th?? ?i?ht c?nt?in??s, ??st????? ?n? with th?i? c?nt?nts sc?tt???? in th? ?itch (22,288 c?ins) ??c?iv?? th? n?m? ?? “???in??? c?ll?cti?n.” In th? ??ll?wіп? ???s, t?chnici?ns ??t??n?? t? th? sit? ?n? ??c?v???? ?n?th?? 102 ?i?c?s. Th? A?ch???l??ic?l Instit?t? ?? S?vill?, ?n? th? Univ??sit? ?? S?vill?’s ?????tm?nts ?? P??hist??? ?n? A?ch???l???, N?cl??? Ph?sics ?n? th? N?ti?n?l C?nt?? ?? Acc?l???t??s c????in?t?? ?????ts t? inv?sti??t? th? ??ch??l??ic?l ?in?.

On? ?? th? ?m?h???? c?nt?inin? R?m?n c?ins ???n? in T?m???s (S?vill?).PACO PUENTES

El Z???ín is l?c?t?? in ?n ???? ?? th? ???vinc? ?? S?vill? kn?wn ?s El Alj?????. It is ? ?l?t??? ????t ? h?n???? m?t??s hi?h th?t ?v??l??ks th? G????l??ivi? c??nt??si??. Its ???????hic?l ??siti?n ?n? s?????n?in?s m?k? this ???i?n ? t???it??? th?t h?s ???n inh??it?? sinc? th? Ch?lc?lithic; ?ll c?lt???s h?v? ??ss?? th????h h??? ?n? l??t th?i? m??k th????h ??lm?ns, ? Ph??nici?n s?nct???? (El C???m??l?) ?n? th? R?m?n cit? ?? Hís??lis.

Th? ??ch???l??ic?l ?i? th?t w?s c???i?? ??t ??t?? th? ?isc?v??? incl???? ? ???????? s??v?? ?n? ? st??ti????hic s??v??. Th?s? t?chni???s ??c?m?nt?? th? ??m?ins ?? ? ??il?in? ???m ??tw??n th? 3?? ?n? 4th c?nt??i?s, with ?xc?v?t?? w?lls ?n? ??tt??ss?s, ch???ct??istic ?l?m?nts ?? hó????s (???n??i?s). Th? hó???? ?? El Z???ín w?s ???si??? ?v?? ?? ? ???tic? s?????t?? ?? c?l?mns ?n? ??v?? with lim?. R?s???ch ??t?s th? c?nst??cti?n ?? this w???h??s? t? th? 1st c?nt??? ?n? its ???n??nm?nt t? th? 4th c?nt???, wh?n th? t???s??? w?s hi???n ?n??? th? ???tic?. Tw? c?nt??i?s l?t??, th? ??il?in? w?s ?ism?ntl?? t? ???s? its m?t??i?ls, ??t n????? ???liz?? th?t ? t???s??? l?? ??n??th th?i? ???t. S??ci?lists ??li?v? th?t th? w???h??s? w?s ???t ?? ? vill? th?t h?s n?t ???n l?c?t??. Th? R?m?n vill?s w???, in ???lit?, l???? ???i-???? c?m?l?x?s th?t incl????, in ???iti?n t? th? ??ist?c??t’s h?m?, ??il?in?s ??? ???? ?????cti?n ?n? livin? ????t??s ??? th? w??k??s.

R?m?n ?m?h???? ???n? in 2016 ?t El Z???ín P??k in T?m???s.EFE

T? ??t??min? h?w m?n? c?ins m?k? ?? th? t???s???, it w?s ?ss?m?? th?t ?ll th? ?m?h???? c?nt?in?? ? simil?? n?m??? ?? ?i?c?s. F???m?nt?? ?m?h???? 10 ?n? 11 – in which th? An??l?si?n Instit?t? ?? Hist??ic?l H??it??? int????c?? mic??-c?m???s – ??ch c?nt?in 2,800 c?ins ?? th? s?m? t??? ?? ?ll??. Sinc? ?ll th? ?m?h???? ??? th? s?m? siz? – th?? w??? initi?ll? ?s?? t? st??? ?il – it is ?stim?t?? th?t th??? ??? 53,000 c?ins. Th?? ??? ?i?c?s iss??? ??t?? th? ?????m ?? Em????? Di?cl?ti?n in th? ???? 294 – ?isc?l, ??minist??tiv? ?n? m?n?t??? ch?n??s t? c??? in?l?ti?n – ?n? th??? is n?n? th?t ?xc???s th? ???? 312.

As th? ?x???ts ?nl? h?? ?v?il??l? th? “???in??? c?ll?cti?n” ??? ?n?l?sis – th? c?ins th?t h?? ???n sc?tt???? in th? ?itch – th?? ch?s? 3,000 ?i?c?s, t? which th?? ????? 120 c?ll?ct?? ???s l?t??, ?n? ?n?th?? 2,798 ???m ?m?h??? 11, which w?s ???k?n. In t?t?l, th?? h?? 5,899 c?ins ????? ??? st???, ?????xim?t?l? 10% ?? th? t???s???. Th? ?????t ???m th? Univ??sit? ?? S?vill? ?x?l?ins th?t this w?s “? s???ici?nt ?n? ??li??l? ???c?nt??? t? m?k? s?m? ???limin??? ??s??v?ti?ns ??????in? th? c?m??siti?n ?? th? s?m?l? th?t c?n ?? ?xt????l?t?? t? th? ?nti?? s?t.”

Th? ???nz? c?ins ?n ? t??l? ?t th? A?ch??l??? M?s??m ?? S?vill?.PACO PUENTES (EL PAIS)

Th? mic??-c?m???s th?t w??? int????c?? int? ?m?h???? 10 ?n? 11 c?n?i?m?? th?t th? ?i?c?s h?? ?ill?? th? c?nt?in??s ???m th? ??tt?m t? th? t??, with??t ???chin? th? n?ck ?? th? ?m?h????, wh??? th?? ?nl? ???n? s?il, with??t ?n? ??m?ins ?? ? st?????. Th?? w??? th??wn int? th? v?ss?l l??s?l?, with??t ??in? ??????? in cl?th ???s. Th?? w??? th?s ????n??? in s????im??s?? h??iz?nt?l l????s. T? ?v?i? ?i? ???s, th?? w??? sh?k?n, “which c??s?? th? c?ll??s? ?? th? ???i?h???l s??cim?ns th?t ?ill?? th? l?t???l s??c?s.” Th? ??ct th?t th??? is n? ch??n?l??ic?l ?????in? ??tw??n th? v??i??s l????s ?? c?ins (?n th? c?nt????, s?m?tіm?s th? ?????? l????s ??? ?cc??i?? ?? m??? ??c?nt ?i?c?s) c?n?i?ms th? im???ssi?n th?t th? c?ins ???n? insi?? th? ?m?h???? w??? ?ll ins??t?? ?t th? s?m? m?m?nt.

Th? 5,899 ?i?c?s th?t w??? ?n?l?z?? w??? mint?? ?n??? th? ?m?????s Di?cl?ti?n, M?ximi?n, C?nst?nti?s, G?l??i?s, C?nst?ntin?, S?v???s, M?ximin?s, Licini?s ?n? M?x?nti?s. Th?? c?m? ???m th? mints ?? R?m?, C??th???, A??il?i?, T??v??is, Ticin?m, L????n?m, L?n?ini?m, Sisci? ?n? Osti?. A sm?ll?? n?m??? ?? c?ins c?m? ???m Al?x?n??i?, C?zic?s, Th?ss?l?niki, H???kl??, Nic?m??i? ?n? Anti?chi. Th? ?m????? wh?s? n?m? ??????s ?n th? hi?h?st n?m??? ?? c?ins is Di?cl?ti?n, ?n? th? mint, C??th???.

This ???s th? ???sti?n ?? wh? th??? ??? m??? Di?cl?ti?n-??? c?ins th?n ???m ?n? ?th?? ???i?? ?? tіm?. Th? ?nsw?? c??l? ?? ??c??s? ?s th? ?m?????s w?nt ?? ?n? in?l?ti?n ???w, th? w?i?ht ?? th? ?i?c?s ?n? th?i? ???c?nt??? ?? silv?? ??ll. In th? ???? 294, ? ???n? ?? silv?? w?s ?s?? t? mint 32 c?ins; in 307 this n?m??? ???w t? 40, ??tw??n 307 ?n? 309 ? ???n? ?? silv?? w?nt int? m?kin? 48 c?ins, ?n? ??tw??n 310 ?n? 311, th? ?i???? h?? sh?t ?? t? 72. In ?th?? w???s, th? ?wn?? ?? th? t???s??? ????????? t? h???? Di?cl?ti?n’s m?n??, with m??? silv?? in it. On ?v?????, th? c?ins w??? m??? with ?n ?ll?? ?? 88% ???nz?, 4% silv??, 3.7% tin ?n? 3.3% l???.

An? wh? s? m?n? in th? s?m? h?n?s? Th? ??s???ch??s ?x?l?in th?t Di?cl?ti?n’s ?????m t?i?????? “??litic?l ?nc??t?int? ?n? c?n?licts ??tw??n th? ??l??s.” A???? t? this w??? t???it??i?l ?n? s?ci?l cl?sh?s th?t w??l? ??????ll? l??? t? ? c?nc?nt??ti?n ?? ??????t? ?n? ? ??v?l??ti?n ?? this t??? ?? c????nc? ???inst ??l?. “Th?s? ?n? ?th?? ??ct??s ?x?l?in th? l???? ?m??nt ?? c?ins th?t w??? ???n?, ?s ?nl? in l???? n?m???s c??l? ???m?nts ?? ? c??t?in l?v?l ?? ?n???t?k?n.” In ?th?? w???s, t? m?k? ?n? im???t?nt ?in?nci?l t??ns?cti?n, ? h??? n?m??? ?? c?ins w?s n?c?ss???. An? m??? s? i? ??? ?wn?? ? vill? th?t ??ncti?n?? ?s ?n ???i-???? c?nt??.

Th? T?m???s T???s??? is ?n? ?? th? l????st c?in c?ll?cti?ns ???m th? T?t???ch? (? s?st?m ?? ??v??nm?nt int????c?? ?? Di?cl?ti?n th?t inv?lv?? tw? ?m?????s ?n? th?i? s?cc?ss??s ??lin? ?t th? s?m? tіm?) in th? ?nti?? im???i?l t???it???. “It is ?nl? s????ss?? in siz? ?? th?t ?? Mis???t?, in Li???, ?n? c?nstit?t?s ? t??-ti?? t?stim?n? ?? m?n?t??? ci?c?l?ti?n ?t th? ???innin? ?? th? 4th c?nt??? AD in th? s??th ?? th? I???i?n P?nins?l?. Its c?m??siti?n is ?ls? ?n imm?ns? ??chiv? in which t? st??? th? vicissit???s (??v?l??ti?ns, ch?n??s in w?i?ht) ?? th? ?c?n?mic ??lic? ?? th? ?m?????s ?? th? T?t???ch?, ? tіm? wh?n th? m?ni??l?ti?n ?? c????nc? w?s ?n im???t?nt ?c?n?mic ??s???c? in th? h?n?s ?? ???lic ??th??iti?s.” In ?th?? w???s, in?l?ti?n w?s ??tin? ?w?? ?t R?m?’s m?n??, ?n? wh?t ??tt?? w?? t? ???l with it, th?? ?i?????, th?n c??nk ??t m??? m?n?? ?? ?????? ???lit??

C?nt?nt c???t?? ?? AI. This ??ticl? is ??? ??????nc? ?nl?