Contribution to the study of the Alto de La Garma hillfort (Cantabria): the pottery of the Early Iron Age

The archaeological site of Alto de La Garma (Omoño, Ribamontán al Monte, Spain) is an early Iron Age hillfort located in the littoral of Cantabria. The excavations have documented a fortification dated to the viith century bc, rebuilt at a later time. Inside the fortified area, some circular huts have been found.This paper presents the macroscopic analysis of the pottery ensemble focused on the technological, morphological and decorative features. That will provide a solid ground for future studies of this type of material in other sites of the region. To finish, it presents a comparison of this ensemble with the remains recorded in others contemporary archaeological sites of the area, highlighting the similarities and differences between them.