Archaeology Andalusia

Ardales's interpretation centre is designed as a hyphen between us and the history of the cave that we discover at the end of the visit. In the large circular hall, you can see the reproduction of a ground excavation site while, all around, panels summarize the main knowledge we have of our ancestors: the places where they lived, the traces found and the great stages of human evolution. On the floor, the exhibition focuses on the presentation of the cave and archaeological discoveries in the region. A space even allows to move virtually into the cave via a 3 D reconstitution.

Two small pieces present the main archaeological discoveries of the cave: bones, vases, bracelets, tombstones, which form a sample of the historical richness of a shipyard still being searched.

Located in the former convent of the "Victoria", this museum has been hosting deposits from around the world since 1982, such as those of Los Castellares, Castillo Anzur, Fuente Alamo… It is organized around two sections: Archaeology and ethnography. In the cloister, Roman mosaics from Fuente Alamo are noted. In its part, the ethnography refers to the Puente Genil industrial de from the end of the th and early th centuries and, in particular, its expertise in agri-food industry, with tools and models that retraçant the manufacture of quince paste (membrillo).

After 19 years of project and an investment of 27 million euros (junta de Andalucia and the European Union), the new Iberian Museum of Jaén was inaugurated in December 2017 by the King. A presence commensurate with the project and ambition. On the premises of the former Jaén prison, an ultra-modern building of more than 11,000 m² now houses nearly 3,500 items relating to Iberian culture, nearly 40% of which have never been exhibited and are the result of excavations carried out in recent years in the province. This will make this museum the most important reference in this field for the whole of Spain. The province is also the most significant Iberian site on the entire peninsula. This is an opportunity to note that while this crop gave its name to Spain, it also left it many agricultural tools, pottery techniques, crops such as vines, olives and almonds. Not to mention the patio houses that survived until the Roman conquest.