🔬 Discovery

Lady of Baza

Dama de Baza

Date
1971 · confidence high
Place
Baza, Granada, Spain
Credited to
Francisco José Presedo Velo
Field
Cosmos & Earth

What was discovered

A polychrome limestone Iberian sculpture depicting a seated woman, found in a necropolis at Baza (Granada) by the team of Francisco Presedo Velo and now held at Spain's National Archaeological Museum.

What it led to

  • A key reference of Iberian funerary art
  • Studies on the social role of Iberian women
  • Boost to archaeology of the Iberian culture in southeast Spain

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