Full Description
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.
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
