El registro material del colmenar ibérico de la Fonteta Ràquia (Riba-Roja, València)

The  archaeological  excavation  of  the  site  in  Fonteta  Ràquia  (Riba-Roja  del  Túria,  Valencia)  documented  a  small  rural  settlement  from  the  Edetania,  the  territory  where  the  ancient  Iberian  city  of  Edeta  /  Tossal  de  Sant  Miquel  (Llíria, Valencia) was located. The site was occupied between the end of the 5th century BC and the end of the 3rd / beginning of the 2nd century B. It stands out, especially, for a high specialization in beekeeping, as evidenced by the discovery of thousands of fragments from about 200 pottery beehives, exceeding by far the previous records of this type of activity in Iberia and the Mediterranean Sea in general.