Early Iron Age arrowheads in urban contexts from the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula: Pena Negra, La Fonteta and Meca

A collection of Orientalizing bronze arrowheads, mainly of the one-barb, double edge, socketed type, are analyzed in this paper. They were found in three outstanding urban settlements: Herna/Pena Negra and La Fonteta in Southeastern Iberia, and Castellar de Meca, in the eastern limits of the Southern Plateau. A typological classification is also made, defining new subtypes. Impact traces, breakings and metallographic studies are also analyzed. Next their finding contexts are studied, revising possible contexts of instability and the appearance of this kind of weapon in contemporary Orientalizing contexts in Southeastern Iberia. Finally, the presence of this arrowhead type in Late Iron Age contexts of the area is reviewed.