Resumen: En este trabajo damos a conocer los molinos hallados en el yacimiento del Cerro de la Cruz (Almedinilla, Córdoba) correspondientes a los dos periodos de ocupación documentados en el yacimiento: ibérico tardío (s. II a.C.) y emiral final o califal inicial (siglos IX-X d.C.). Se presenta una clasificación y se discuten las posibles implicaciones de tipo socio-cultural que se pueden deducir del análisis y distribución urbana de este tipo de objetos. Palabras Clave: molinos, grano, tecnología, Cultura Ibérica, Periodo emiral Abstract: In this paper we discuss grinding mills from the archaeological site at El Cerro de la Cruz (Almedinilla, Corduba, Spain). They belong to the two periods identified and documented at the site: Late Iberian (mid 2 nd cent. BC) and the final years of the Emirate of Corduba or the first years of the Caliphate (late 9 th -early10 th cent. AD). We present a classification and discuss the potential social and economic implications that we may obtain from the analysis and urban distribution of these objects.

This paper presents an assemblage of Iron Age grinding stones from the Iron Age settlement of Cerro de la Cruz, Almedinilla, Córdoba (Spain). This Iberian Culture site dating from the 2nd century BC suffered a sudden violent destruction that left a number of its features, including mills, in their original working position. The assemblage comprises both manually driven rotary querns and larger millstones at times on podia driven from a standing position. This study also advances several spatial, economic and social analysis considerations, as well as an analysis of the seeds collected in the vicinity of one on the mills.