Overview

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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Author:   Jude Brown ,  Gary Lock (Retired Professor of Archaeology, University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Archaeology
Weight:   0.852kg
ISBN:  

9781805830900

ISBN 10:   1805830902
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   11 September 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chronology and sites Acknowledgements   Chapter 1: Madrid The National Archaeological Museum   Chapter 2: Cave art in north-western Spain: País Vasco, Cantabria and Asturias Palaeolithic cave art San Sebastián to Bilbao Bilbao to Santander Around Santander San Vicente de la Barquera to Ribadesella In and around Oviedo   Chapter 3: The Castros of western Asturias Castros – a brief summary Around Navia   Chapter 4: Coastal Galicia The Route of the Dolmen (La Ruta dos Dolmen) A diversion to Santiago del Compostela   Chapter 5: Around Logroño: La Rioja, Navarra and País Vasco South-west of Logroño   Chapter 6: Aragón Rock art in Aragón Museums Rock art sites Valle de Hecho/Val d’Echo   Chapter 7: Castilla y León Around Ciudad Rodrigo Ávila and around Burgos and around Soria and around Ambrona and around   Chapter 8: Extremadura Central Extremadura: around Cáceres Dolmen de Valencia de Alcantára Southern Extremadura, around Badajoz and Mérida   Chapter 9: Andalucía North of Huelva Antequera Gorafe, northeast of Granada Almería and Los Millares   Chapter 10: Catalunya Parc Megalític de Roses   Chapter 11: Menorca   Index

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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.

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