Un disco-coraza de hierro de la Bastida de les Alcusses (moixent, valencia)

Abstract

We present an iron disc breastplate from the Iberian oppidum Bastida de les Alcusses. The object was identified during the study of unpublished material from the excavations carried out at the site during 1928-1931. It is a circular plate featuring several rivets to hold the straps that were probably made in leather. After presenting the disc and the results of the EDXRF analysis that identify the metals used in the production of the disc (iron) and the rivets (silver and copper), we analyse its context of provenance and the historical framework of this category of defensive weapon. Last, we interpret it in the social context of the first half of the 4th century BC in southeast Iberia.