The culture of CELIBEROS

The culture of the Celtiberians arose as a fusion between the Iberians and the Celts. coming from Europe. In unProfesor we tell you more about this pre-Roman town.

The history of Spain is full of important towns, whose culture has shaped what we know today as the Hispanic culture. Some of the earliest peoples in the region were the Celts and the Iberians, who over time came together to form the culture Celtiberian, which for years was the predominant one in the region. For all this and to get to know this culture in depth, in this lesson from a Teacher we offer you a summary of the culture of the celtiberians.

The celtiberians they were a group of pre-roman towns very close to the celtic culture, being according to some sources part of the Celtic people and according to others just a people influenced by the Celts.

the celtiberians inhabited an area of ​​the Iberian Peninsula, known as celtiberia from the end of the Bronze Age until being conquered by the Romans during the Ancient Age. For all these reasons we can say that the Celtiberians were relevant in the area between the 13th century BC. c. and the 2nd or 1st century B.C. c.

The Celtiberians arose when the native peoples of Iberia, known as iberians, received the influence of the celtic peoples of the European region, causing the union of the two cultures to emerge a new one that for centuries was very relevant in the peninsula, being known as Celtiberians.

To continue this lesson on the culture of the Celtiberians we must enumerate the main characteristics of this culture, which will help us to understand it better and to be able to differentiate it from other ancient cultures.

The main characteristics of the celtiberian culture are the following:

1. Ceramic was a key element for the Celtiberians, being possible to find their remains throughout the region. We can also find foci in certain places, where the production of ceramics was much higher, being the The best known of all is the Numantino focus in the Soria area, where huge deposits of ceramics.
2. It was common that the deceased receive grave goods in their graves, Therefore, it has been possible to find tombs with a large number of elements, some of which were very valuable.
3. The Celtiberian language It was a language from the Celtic linguistic family, but which adapted the Iberian writing system, thus being a fusion of two linguistic classes.
4. They had small towns, walled enough not to be attacked by outside peoples. This system of cities seems to have been quite resistant, since they were maintained until Roman times.
5. They were polytheists counting on a religion with many deities, and sharing many gods with the Celtic and Iberian cultures. Even so, we do not have too many representations of the deities, demonstrating that the Celtiberian culture did not have the tradition of representing their gods.
6. They had druids, being a kind of priests who knew the traditions of the Celts, and whose mission was to maintain the Celtiberian culture before the advance of other cultures.
7. were a traditionally warrior people, For this reason, their culture was closely linked to war, the reason being that they were great masters of iron and that they had a social organization led by soldiers.
8. For a long time they were a group of peoples with little relation between them, causing the culture to be very different depending on the area, but this changed over time.

Ancient cultures have different phases, that help us to see how a culture evolves from its origin to being able to consolidate. For this reason we can say that the Celtiberian culture also has various phases, being especially important as they are periods in which Iberian and Celtic thoughts had to unite.

The stages of the Celtiberian culture are the following:

• proto celtiberian: It is considered that the first stage of the Celtiberian culture arises between the XIII centuries a. c. and the middle of the 6th century BC. c. It is at this time that the first Celtiberian settlements arose, which have funerary and social characteristics that would remain until the end of the culture due to the Roman conquest.
• Ancient Celtiberian: The second stage of the Celtiberian culture is the one that goes from the VI century a. c. until the middle of the 5th century BC. c. In this phase is when the cities grow, forming the first great cities of these civilizations. The main characteristics of this stage are the emergence of Celtiberian ceramics, and the first creations of weapons that led to the emergence of a warlike social organization.
• Full Celtiberian: The third stage is the one that goes from the middle of the 5th century BC. c. until the end of the 3rd century BC. C., being when the towns begin to have so many common characteristics that we can speak of a common culture. It can be said that it was in this period when the Celtiberian society took hold, and when we can really speak of a unique and united culture.
• Late Celtiberian: The last period of the Celtiberian culture is the one that goes from the 3rd century BC. c. until the first century AD. C., ending when the Romans conquered the region and annihilated the culture of the region. For this reason, this period was marked by the increasing takeover of elements of Roman culture, causing the Celtiberian culture to disappear little by little until it assimilated into the Roman culture.