Spain is a big country with many thousands of prehistoric monuments and associated museums. This guide provides information on a small number of the best ones. It details how to access over 220 prehistoric sites, museums and interpretation centres in many of Spain’s autonomous regions. It also provides a background to the prehistoric chronology of Spain and explains the main types of prehistoric monuments which can be visited. These range from Palaeolithic cave art to Neolithic dolmen and Iron Age castros. Many of these sites will take you into areas of Spain little visited by tourists and involve walks through beautiful and sometimes remote landscapes.

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This guide opens up Spain’s rich prehistoric past, highlighting over 220 sites, museums and landscapes across the country. From cave art to dolmen and Iron Age castros, it combines practical visitor information with clear background on prehistoric chronology, inviting discovery beyond the usual tourist routes.
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Introduction

 

Chapter 1: Madrid

 

Chapter 2: Cave art in north-western Spain: País Vasco, Cantabria and Asturias

 

Chapter 3: The Castros of western Asturias

 

Chapter 4: Coastal Galicia

 

Chapter 5: Around Logroño: La Rioja, Navarra and País Vasco

 

Chapter 6: Aragón

 

Chapter 7: Castilla y León

 

Chapter 8: Extremadura

 

Chapter 9: Andalucía

 

Chapter 10: Catalunya

 

Chapter 11: Menorca

 

Index

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781805830900
Publisert
2025-09-11
Utgiver
Archaeopress
Høyde
245 mm
Bredde
174 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
234

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Jude Brown is a retired Youth and Community Officer who worked for Oxfordshire County Council. She is particularly interested in enhancing educational opportunities for disadvantaged children and runs a small charity (Education for Democracy in South Africa) which works in a rural township in the Western Cape of South Africa.


Gary Lock is an Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, University of Oxford. He spent many years teaching and researching prehistoric archaeology specialising in the Iron Age and hillforts. He has published widely and is a co-director of the successful Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland.


Jude and Gary have three children, six grandchildren and a VWT5 camper van with a Bilbo conversion. They live in Oxford.