Roman frequentation of the Los Toriles cave (Carrizosa, Ciudad Real): first testimonies and implications

This paper presents the first testimonies of Roman frequentation of the Los Toriles cave (Carrizosa, Ciudad Real), a cave with a continued animal and human occupation, at least since the Middle Pleistocene and up to the present day. Although in the first campaign of excavation of the cave only a few ceramic fragments have been found, these are relevant enough to confirm the knowledge and occupation of the cavity during Antiquity. In addition to the typological and archaeological analysis of the ceramics, this unexpected chronology allows us to reflect on these and other similar cases from the Roman period, on the underrepresentation of the phenomenon in the Southern Plateau, as well as on the immediate context of the ager laminitanus.