Celts and Iberians
• The first human groups lived from hunting, fishing and collecting
roots and berries. They were hunter-gatherers.
• They made stone tools such as bifaces and spearheads, they also
made bone tools like harpoons
• When the food was scarce they leave for other regions and for that
reason they were nomads.
• They lived outdoors or built houses with tree branches and fur of
animals - the tents. The fire was used for cooking and for warmth.
• In the winter they would take sheltering in caves.
• It was in the caves that primitive man made paintings, which often
represented animals and hunting scenes.
Vale do rio Côa, Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Gruta do Escoural ,Montemor-o-Novo
Vale do rio Côa, Vila nova de Foz Côa
• Over time, the climate of the
Iberian Peninsula became
warmer and drier.
• The man began to tame some
animals and cultivate the
fields. The pastoralism and the
agriculture emerged.
• Man was becoming sedentary.
The first villages were
emerging and they were
surrounded by walls so that
communities could defend
themselves from wild animals
and enemy groups.
• The man also need to invent new tools to work the land, such as the
hoe, the plow and the sickle.
• Also invented the basketry, the pottery and the weaving.
• To bury their own dead they built tombs with huge stones. They were
called tapirs or dolmens.
Iberians, Celts and Celtiberians
• Other people were coming to
the Iberian peninsula, the
Iberians came from North
Africa and the Celts from
Central Europe.
• The Iberians lived on
agriculture and pastoralism. It
is thought that they were dark
and of medium height.
• They knew how to work the
copper and bronze.
• The Celts lived high in the mountains, in
forts or citânias to better defend themselves
from their enemies. They stood out on
horseback fight.
• The Celts knew how to work iron and metal
and were good goldsmith.
• The women adorned themselves with gold,
as it can still be seen today in the traditional
costumes of Minho.
Lusitanians
• Little by little, the Celtiberians were formed by
mixing the Celts with the Iberians.
• They organized themselves in tribes (large groups of
families under the command of a chief) that warred
each other.
• One of these tribes was the Lusitanians. They also
built their villages high in the mountains. They lived
mainly from pastoralism, although also practiced
agriculture.
• The Lusitanians were a people of warriors,
where women fought side by side with men.
• One of its great leaders was Viriato who
heroically resisted the Roman invasion.