Cerro de los Santos

Most of the sculptures depict women including the most notable find, the Dama del Cerro de los Santos.

The site is located outside of the municipality of Montealegre del Castillo in the province of Albacete, Spain.

Based on the 19th century excavations, the walls were formed by a double course of square blocks secured by lead clamps.

The sculptures accumulated over time with the earliest being dated to the 4th century BCE while later examples have Latin letter inscriptions or appear more Roman in style.

[3] The sculptures are generally similar in hair and dress, but the eyes differ in size and position.

[4] According to Jaeggi, the votive statues represent their donors who receive protection from a deity when their avatars are permanently placed in the sanctuary.

She is dated to the 3rd or 2nd century BCE, but has a very stylized form reminiscent of earlier Iberian sculpture.

[6] Truszkowski argues that the female sculptures date primarily to the period prior to the Punic Wars and that the shift to male statues, with more Hellenistic styling, occurred during the conflicts.