Blas Taracena Aguirre directed the
Museum Numantino (
Soria,
Spain) and
excavations at
Numantia. His investigations covered the near zones of Soria, as well as
Rioja and mainly
Navarra. He continued the works of his teacher José Ramón Mélida, headed the Museum Numantino and held important positions in the
National Archaeological Museum of Spain. In 1939 he was appointed the Director of the National Archaeologic Museum of Spain, till 1943 he was the Secretary of the Institute of the CSIC. He is the author of an extensive bibliography and has been awarded with several national and international awards. 1918–1919 he was deputy director of regional magazine Castilla in Soria. == Works==