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Map of Iberian Tribes c.300 BC - North-West Iberia |
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The Iberian peninsula prior to the Carthaginian invasion and partial conquest was a melange of different tribal influences. While the main map of Iberian tribes around 300 BC (see link, below) shows the overall situation in the peninsula, this map focuses on the north-western corner. In the north-west and western-centre were various pre-Celtic Indo-European groups. These were probably the descendants of the first wave of Indo-European arrivals, either proto-Italics or subsequent followers of the Urnfield culture of Central Europe, and in the earliest cases seemingly Q-Italic speakers rather than true proto-Celts. As with other Italic-speakers elsewhere, they were very closely related to the early Celts. The rest of Iberia, for the most part, was occupied and dominated by Celtic tribes which had entered Iberia as members of the Hallstatt culture, probably between about 900-400 BC. Some retained their Celtic culture and language by the time Rome was able to document them, while others had either picked up Iberian influences or had dominated Iberian-speaking tribal groups to become Celtiberians. A clickable version of this map is available for desktop displays. To select a tribe or territory for further information, click on its name or anywhere within its borders.
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Original text and map copyright © P L Kessler, Trish Wilson, and the History Files, based on the work of Luís Fraga da Silva, as published by Campo Arqueológico de Tavira. An original feature for the History Files. Go back or return home. |
