Definition: The name El Castillo ("the Castle" in Spanish) has been given to at least four sites that I'm aware of. The first, called more properly Cerro del Castillo, is a high altitude Early Bronze Age isolated farmstead in Frías de Albarracín, Teruel, Spain. The second (also called Maiden of the Rock) is a 135-foot tall building at the Maya site of Xunantunich, Belize. The Kukulcán pyramid at Chichén Itzá (Mexico) has also been called The Castle. And the fourth is a Paleolithic art cave site firmly connected to modern humans, 36,000 years BP, in Spain. There are probably other sites called this, too.
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This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar.
