Since 1999, when the Garray town council opened the archeological hall about “The Roman siege of Numantia”, staged re-enactment performances about the Numantine War started, with Garray inhabitants performing as actors, reaching profound effects. This success justified the continuity of these performances, and the creation of the Celtiberian Cultural Association, named “Tierraquemada”, that intends to contribute to spread the knowledge and experience of the Celtiberian History, as the ideal way to share and communicate the archeological and historical Numantine assets.

The Association main objective is to spread Numantine and Celtiberian cultural assets, as it has demonstrated with its historical reconstruction work, and the staging of Numantine Wars episodes, Numantia archeological site and Numantine Museum setting activities. Its activities go beyond this province, with participation in events in different cities and, more recently, staging, advising and providing technical support in the TV series “Memoria de España (Memory of Spain)”.

Documentation sources for this historical reconstruction include information provided by classical writers, especially Polibio, and Apiano in his “Bellum Numantinum” (Numantine Wars). Important documentation provided by the archeological investigation taking place in Numantia is also used to double-check and rebuild history.

This way, through historical reconstruction, the Association intends to create links between the scientific archeological work and its didactic presentation, making the universal dream of reliving the past available to everybody.

The Association does have two different historical reconstruction sections: one of them is dedicated to the Celtiberian world re-enactment, and the other one focused on Roman military aspects, as confronted but complementary elements, essential to understand Numantine and Celtiberian history.