Teba History

In this regard are documented Acheulian and Mousterianlithic industries associated with hominid that preceded the arrival of ourspecies. 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 werehumans present during this time.

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

Teba Ancient History

The Story of Teba is possibly one of the most fruitful infacts and events throughout the province of Malaga, which hasenabled a huge proliferation of archaeological and historical monuments of allkinds, ranging from the most remote Palaeolithic times until recent times.

Prehistory andProtohistory

There are numerous remains of Paleolithic stone tools throughout the basins main river that runs through the tebenas land the Guadalteba, which clearly shows the presence of bands of hunter-gatherers whoutilized 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 millenniabefore our era, will see the introduction of new technological elements and anintensification of productive and substantial work. And certainly consistentwith this, new elements have symbolic megalithic demonstrations in the area andthe most remarkable of testimonies.

The proliferation of sites in the valleys of Guadalteba andits tributary, the Rio de la Venta, are prominent examples of a growingpopulation that is the basis of the tensions and conflicts over control of landstemming from the Age Bronze.

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

The Protohistory, characterized by the impact on thesocieties of the Bronze Final presence coastal world and Phoenicians, also leftevidence of deposits in the area. New culture materials that were clearly ofPhoenician influence were the new ceramics and the burgeoning iron discoveredin the valleys of Teba.

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

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

The Age of Metals are also magnificently represented inplaces like The Cuevecilla, the megalithic cemeteryof La Sequin (with events in ourunique megalithic Andalusia), or the Hill ofthe 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 variousreligious votive offerings, are now treasured in the Municipal History Museumof Teba.

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

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

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