The foundational monument of the lower platform of Giribaile (Jaen). An ideological space of social and representative architecture

Twenty years on from the publication of the Giribaile funerary monument, excavation data are provided in or- der to review its nature and historical relevance. The new intervention has made it possible to document the foun-dations of a monumental construction and the remains of other structures, including part of a pebble border, char-acteristic of the Castulo necropolis. Also included is the cataloguing of the most important assemblage of Attic and black-glazed ware sherds the settlement has provided so far. The study is completed with an analysis of the three-dimensional scan carried out on the architectural elements scattered around the study area that has made it possible to propose a volumetric reconstruction of the main build-ing. This monument thus becomes the central element of an ideological space for the legitimation of political power and is revealed as a prominent landmark in the landscape that connects it with the Punic as well as the Iberian tra-dition of the cenotaph. This new contribution reopens the debate about the importance of Carthaginian culture in the Castulo region.