Costa del Sol Towns

Teba History

In this regard are documented Acheulian and Mousterian lithic industries associated with hominid that preceded the arrival of our species. Evidence of settlement is lower in the moments of the Upper Palaeolithic, although there are remnants of carving laminar deposits in the Sima del Flint that prove that there were humans present during this time.

Similarly, Epipaleolithic industries appear in the Cave of the Doves, which are characterized by sharp microliths.

 

Teba Ancient History

The Story of Teba is possibly one of the most fruitful in facts and events throughout the province of Malaga, which has enabled a huge proliferation of archaeological and historical monuments of all kinds, ranging from the most remote Palaeolithic times until recent times.

Prehistory and Protohistory

There are numerous remains of Paleolithic stone tools throughout the basin’s main river that runs through the tebenas land—the Guadalteba, which clearly shows the presence of bands of hunter-gatherers who utilized the resources of food, and Yacimientos as the Cueva de las Palomas (paintings located in the interior).

This new era, which includes the second and third millennia before our era, will see the introduction of new technological elements and an intensification of productive and substantial work. And certainly consistent with this, new elements have symbolic megalithic demonstrations in the area and the most remarkable of testimonies.

The proliferation of sites in the valleys of Guadalteba and its tributary, the Rio de la Venta, are prominent examples of a growing population that is the basis of the tensions and conflicts over control of land stemming from the Age Bronze.

As a result, people tended to build castles for refuge and as main settlements (in the case of Cerro de la Horca and Los Castillejos are located in high hills from which the visual control of the surrounding area to help better control of the area and a more effective defense.

The Protohistory, characterized by the impact on the societies of the Bronze Final presence coastal world and Phoenicians, also left evidence of deposits in the area. New culture materials that were clearly of Phoenician influence were the new ceramics and the burgeoning iron discovered in the valleys of Teba.

All previous archaeological samples are alternated with important remnants of ceramics and polished stone tools, which, together with the everlasting flint pieces, belong to the Neolithic and subsequent phases.

The Plain English, the Cortijo del Tajo, or those located in the Sierra de Penarrubia show significant changes in the livelihoods of the new Neolithic populations, in which an incipient agriculture and grazing of certain species with Iran, as it progressed in time, became increasingly important compared to traditional ways of life hunter-gatherers.

The Age of Metals are also magnificently represented in places like The Cuevecilla, the megalithic cemetery of La Sequin (with events in our unique megalithic Andalusia), or the Hill of the gallows (where numerous pieces metal from the Bronze Age have been found).

This shows the importance of the site is the wealth of archaeological pieces that have provided their cemeteries, some of which, like the famous Carnero de los Castillejos (carved in sandstone) and the various religious votive offerings, are now treasured in the Municipal History Museum of Teba.

Many other sites across the municipality completed the structure of the Iberian settlement, most notably the Cerro del Almendro, a sculpture of a bull, which is also in the Municipal History Museum of Teba.

 

Trade with Eastern sailors also brought about a change in social structures, which is illustrated by the increase in social hierarchy. The settlements of that time were out of the Orchards Penarrubia, the Cortijo de Nina, and particularly the Los Castillejos between the eighth and ninth centuries. We can see the changes reflected above.

This settlement is the key to also understanding the functioning of the post-Iberico world, emerging from the fifth century. Hierarchization processes increased and settlement was provided, then a defensive enclosure where powerful elites such as Morari Iberian exerted political control, and became defensive and religious throughout the surrounding territories.