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El estudio de 16 huesos de una gran ave ha permitido identificar un ejemplar adulto de buitre negro (Aegypius monachus) hallado en el interior de un silo ibérico del Serrat dels Espinyers en el Prepirineo de Lérida, aproximadamente contemporáneo a la instalación de un campamento militar romano y a la fundación de la ciudad romana de Aeso, a corta distancia del yacimiento. El silo, datado entre finales del siglo II y la primera mitad del siglo I a.C. contenía depósitos intencionales de otros animales, destacando el esqueleto en conexión de un équido y los restos de catorce perros. La aparición de huesos de buitre negro es inusual en la protohistoria europea y los escasos ejemplos documentados se relacionan con depósitos de carácter cultual de época romana, hecho que en el caso de estudio refuerza el carácter simbólico de este animal y aporta nuevas evidencias sobre los ritos asociados a la fase final de la cultura Ibérica. ABSTRACT: The zooarchaeological analysis of a large bird bones has allowed the identification of an adult black vulture (Aegypius monachus) found inside a silo at Serrat dels Espinyers, an Iberian settlement in the Pre-Pyrenees of Lleida. The silo, dated between the end of the 2nd century and the first half of the 1st century BC, contained other animal intentional deposits, including the skeleton of an equid and the remains of fourteen dogs. This structure is approximately contemporary with the installation of a Roman military camp on the site, and with the founding of the Roman city of Aeso, a short distance away. The 16 vulture bones recovered refers it to the most complete specimen found until today in northeastern Iberian Peninsula protohistory. It is represented by the bones of the wings, the shoulder girdle, the femurs and the pelvis bones, while the bones of the skull, vertebrae, ribs, sternum and the distal end of the legs are absent. The presence of old fractures and a cutmarks on the ulna indicate previous handling of the animal before deposition. The appearance of vulture bones is unusual in European protohistory and the few documented examples, usually of black vultures, are related with cultic deposits from the Roman period. In this context, our study reinforces the symbolism of this animal and provides new evidence of the rites associated with the final phase of Iberian culture.