Peñalosa Oilfield

At 3 kilometers from Baños de la Encina we find the site of Peñalosa, a Bronze Age settlement that since 1986 has been excavated in different stages by a team of archaeologists from the University of Granada. It sits on a tongue-shaped slate spur, with two large slopes of steep slopes bordered to the north by the Rumblar River and to the south by the Salsipuedes stream. Currently the waters of the Rumblar reservoir bathe the structures of this Argaric settlement. The inhabitants of Peñalosa exploited the mineral wealth of the valley, having documented the entire mining process: extraction, reduction and smelting of metal and the manufacture of tools and ingots. A characteristic feature of this culture are the burials in the same village, inside the houses and accompanied by trousseau according to their social rank within the village.