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El presente trabajo plantea un análisis de los materiales de época ibérica recogidos en superficie en la llamada Cueva de la Murcielaguina, localizada en el término municipal de Priego de Córdoba. Dichos materiales, entre los cuales se encuentra una cabecita tallada en piedra caliza, llevan al autor a plantear la existencia en Andalucía de cuevas santuarios similares a las constatadas en el mundo levantino.En este caso, la cueva, en la que debieron celebrarse ciertos ritos relacionados con ceremonias de libación y tal vez conectados con una Gran Diosa Madre -con cuyo culto se identifica un ídolo oculado representando entre las pinturas rupestres que adornan una de las salas interiores-estaría en relación con poblados cercanos tan importantes como El Camino del Tarajal (Priego de Córdoba), Cerro de Las Cabezas (Fuente Tójar) o Cerro de la Cruz (Almedinilla), este último actualmente en excavación por parte del autor.

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Abstract:Archaeology has fallen on hard times; after the golden age that marched hand in hand with the construction boom came the crisis to demolish the frail structure so rashly built on quick-sands. Today, once the victims have been counted after the disaster, the moment has come for reflection, self criticism, cold analysis, deliberation and catarsis, however hard this may be. It is vital to identify the mistakes made in order to avoid them in the future, to correct distortions so as to stop drifting and start making the most of resources, sharing efforts in a common push to banish traditional sectarianism and the falsely exagerated divorce between Academic and Commercial Archaeology. The time has come to vindícate Archaeology as both science and profession. Within this framework new areas, such as what is commonly known as Public Archaeology, attempt to repair outdated postures, handing back to the general public the responsibility for archaeological patrimony that should never have been questioned. However, this undoubtedly praiseworthy attempt very often balances on a knife edge. At the University of Cordoba the Sisifo Research Group was ahead of its times in 2011 when it launched Arqueología Somos Todos -Archaeology is Us-a cultural and scientific project using research as its point of departure and return, defending education as the key to the future and working according to the precepts of cultural enterprise.