Treasure of Villena
Tesoro de Villena
- Date
- 1963 · confidence high
- Place
- Villena, Alicante, Spain
- Credited to
- José María Soler García
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A hoard of 59 gold, silver, iron and amber objects from the Late Bronze Age found near Villena; the largest prehistoric gold hoard on the Iberian Peninsula and the second largest in Europe after Mycenae.
What it led to
- Villena Archaeological Museum as a reference for Iberian Bronze Age studies
- Early evidence of meteoric-iron use on the Iberian Peninsula
- Renewed study of Argaric and Bronze of Levante goldwork
- Comparisons with other major European Bronze Age hoards