Travels through Prehistoric Spain: A Guide

By (author) Jude Brown By (author) Gary Lock

Book cover: Travels through Prehistoric Spain: A Guide

Paperback (Published)

(September 2025)

ISBN: 9781805830900

6.85 x 9.65 inches

Price: $42.00

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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.


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.

Introduction

Chronology and sites

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Madrid

The National Archaeological Museum

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

Palaeolithic cave art

San Sebastian 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 Logrono: La Rioja, Navarra and Pais Vasco

South-west of Logrono

Chapter 6: Aragon

Rock art in Aragon

Museums

Rock art sites

Valle de Hecho/Val d'Echo

Chapter 7: Castilla y Leon

Around Ciudad Rodrigo

Avila and around

Burgos and around

Soria and around

Ambrona and around

Chapter 8: Extremadura

Central Extremadura: around Caceres

Dolmen de Valencia de Alcantara

Southern Extremadura, around Badajoz and Merida

Chapter 9: Andalucia

North of Huelva

Antequera

Gorafe, northeast of Granada

Almeria and Los Millares

Chapter 10: Catalunya

Parc Megalitic de Roses

Chapter 11: Menorca

Index

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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

  • By (author) Jude Brown
  • By (author) Gary Lock

'Informative, adventurous, and warmly written, this book is highly recommended for travellers, walkers, enthusiasts, archaeologists, and anyone else seeking a different way to experience Spain's deep past.' – George Nash (2026): Current World Archaeology #138