# Yacimiento arqueológico de Cuatro Puertas

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Yacimiento arqueológico de Cuatro Puertas is an extensive pre-Hispanic cave complex carved into volcanic tuff in Spain. Its rock face presents a row of north-facing openings. Those carved entrances lead into a large vaulted hall interpreted as an almogarén, a place for ritual practice. This hall anchors the wider artificial cave complex. Around it, living chambers, passages, storerooms and granaries form a network of hand-cut spaces. Cueva de los Papeles lies along the eastern carved track. Its circular chamber carries triangular wall engravings traditionally associated with propitiatory fertility rites. Cueva de los Pilares forms a troglodyte village. Small caves join through tunnels and narrow corridors, while central rooms connect with lesser chambers. Dry-stone walls and lines of stones divide some spaces internally. Some chambers use screens of branches and skins. Cueva de la Audiencia contains a granary below a narrow chimney. An eastern quarry preserves hand-worked millstones beside an overgrown track. The complex is protected as an archaeological site. Together, the caves show how landscape, craft, storage, dwelling and ritual occupied one carved setting.

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