ART IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
PERIOD	CULTURE	LOCATION	CHARACTERISTICS
NEOLITHIC	CARDIAL	Levante	Imprints of shells on the pottery
	PIT GRAVE CULTURE	Catalonia	Corpses were buried in holes in the ground with stone sides
	CAVE PAINTINGS	All over the peninsula	Schematic paintings
COPPER AGE	BELL BEAKER CULTURE	Almería and different parts of the peninsula	Pots shaped like and inverted bell
	MILLARES CULTURE	Almería	They built corridor dolmens (a collective tomb covered by a tumulus)
BRONZE AGE	EL ARGAR CULTURE	Almeria	Settlements in high places, dark and undecorated ceramics and corpses were buried under the houses’ floor.
	TALAYOTIC CULTURE	Balearic Islands	Buildings: Taulas, Navetas and Talayots
IRON AGE	CELTS	North of Spain	They lived in castros (fortified settlements)
	IBERIANS	Levante and Andalucía
	PHOENICIAN/ GREEKS	On the Mediterranean coast	Several advances: writing
	TARTESSOS	Guadalquivir valley	They were wealthy and had metals and jewels