{"id":8879,"date":"2026-07-18T19:35:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antas.es\/cabezo-maria\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T22:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T22:34:26","slug":"cabezo-maria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.antas.es\/en\/cabezo-maria\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabezo Mar\u00eda"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Cabezo Mar\u00eda: Volcano and Archaeological Site<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Cabezo Mar\u00eda is an ancient volcano\u2014the only one in eastern Almer\u00eda\u2014whose slopes conceal an exceptional archaeological site. The guided tour allows visitors to explore its archaeological remains and learn about the volcanology of this unique site in our region. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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An Archaeological Site Comes to Light (Excavations 2025\u20132026)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Excavations conducted in 2025 and 2026 have uncovered a discovery of great significance: a late antique church, likely dating from the 6th or 7th century. Next to it, researchers have documented rooms partially carved into the rock, walls, layers of habitation, and spaces adapted to the slope, in which the mountain itself forms part of the architecture. <\/span><\/p>

Notable among the recovered artifacts are oil lamps decorated with the Paschal Lamb\u2014an unmistakable Christian symbol\u2014and ceramics imported from North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. Based on these findings, the research team led by Julio M. Rom\u00e1n hypothesizes that Cabezo Mar\u00eda may have been home to a Christian monastic community, perhaps one of the earliest documented monasteries in Andalusia from this period. All evidence points to a place of worship, retreat, and communal life. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Cabezo Mar\u00eda: Volcano and Archaeological Site Cabezo Mar\u00eda is an ancient volcano\u2014the only one in eastern Almer\u00eda\u2014whose slopes conceal an exceptional archaeological site. The guided tour allows visitors to explore its archaeological remains and learn about the volcanology of this unique site in our region. An Archaeological Site Comes to Light (Excavations 2025\u20132026) Excavations conducted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8879","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nCabezo Mar\u00eda in Antas: Volcano and Archaeological Site<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Cabezo Mar\u00eda, the only volcano in eastern Almer\u00eda, and its archaeological site featuring a 6th\u20137th-century church. 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