THE METAL AGE IN SPAIN

Metal Age in Spain

Cooper Age Bronze Age Iron Age

Middle East

3500 – 3000 B.C

3000 – 1100 B.C.

1100 – 750 B.C.

Spain

3000 – 1800 B.C

1800 – 750 B.C

750 – 218 B.C

Main cultures of the Metal Age in Spain

Cooper Age Bronze Age Iron Age

Megalithic El Algar Iberians

Millares Talaiotic Celts

Bell Beaker Tartessos

THE

METAL

AGE

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SPAIN

COOPER AGE

Megalithic

• Large stone constructions.

• There are remains all over the Iberian Peninsula.

• The tombs of Antequera is very significant.

COOPER AGE

Millares

• It takes its name from a village in Almería that had several walls and circular or oval dwellings.

• The inhabitants grew cereals and raised livestock. They made copper tools (axes, daggers) and jewellery (necklaces, bracelets, amulets).

• Near the village there was a necropolis or cemetery with collective tombs, which often had access corridor and circular chamber.

LOS MILLARES, ALMERÍA

COOPER AGE

Bell Beaker

• They made bell-shaped ceramics decorated with geometric designs.

• There are remains in the centre and periphery of the peninsula.

BELL BEAKER

BRONZE AGE

El Argar

• Settlements were in areas that could be easily defended.

• The people buried their dead in the floors of dwellings or individual burial sites, in large vessels that sometimes contained the dead person´s possessions.

• They made objects of bronze (knives, swords, etc.). They also made dark ceramic with no decoration.

EL ARGAR

BRONZE AGE

Talaiotic

• This culture existed on the Balearic islands.

• Typical constructions are:

o Taula, two flat stones in the shape of a table.

o Naveta, with the shape of an upturned boat.

o Talaiot, a circular or elliptical stone tower.

BRONZE AGE

Tartessos

• The name refers to both the kingdom and the culture.

• The people made jewellery and traded with other cultures.

• They settled in the south-west.

IRON AGE

Iberians and Celts

• Levante and Andalucía were inhabited by the Iberians.

• In the north of the peninsula, the inhabitants mixed with the Celts.

THE END

By José Luis Alcaide Juárez Geography & History teacher

IES Puerta de la Axarquía