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== Prehistoria of Andorra == | == Prehistoria of Andorra == | ||
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|No remains have been found that demonstrate the existence of a population during the Paleolithic. | |No remains have been found that demonstrate the existence of a population during the Paleolithic. | ||
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| | |But there is evidence that the area was inhabited in Neolithic times (3500 BC - 2000 BC) small groups of people lived near the Valira River, especially in the parish of Sant Julià de Lòria. Other small groups live in caves in Cima de Pal, in Roque de Llunsí, in La Massana and in Arinsal. In 1959 the oldest skeleton found in Andorra was discovered. | ||
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|Little by little, with the installation of villages at the foot of the Sierra de Enclar, in the Robleda de Cedre and other points they pass to the Bronze Culture, also progressing in the megalithic, as shown by some dolmen in Encamp, rock engravings such as the from the Rock of Les Bruixes, Prats, Ordino and la Massana. Iberian coins from this period have also been found in Sant Julià de Lòria. | |Little by little, with the installation of villages at the foot of the Sierra de Enclar, in the Robleda de Cedre and other points they pass to the Bronze Culture, also progressing in the megalithic, as shown by some dolmen in Encamp, rock engravings such as the from the Rock of Les Bruixes, Prats, Ordino and la Massana. Iberian coins from this period have also been found in Sant Julià de Lòria. | ||
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== From ancient times to the middle ages == | == From ancient times to the middle ages == | ||
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|It is known that the ancient Iberians, Celts, Carthaginians and Romans who occupied the Mediterranean coast used Andorra as a refuge from battles. Remains of coins and paintings show the presence of these peoples. As for the language, this one, in the Valleys, was originally and with great probability a Basque-Iberian type as evidenced by part of Andorran toponymy, with Basque consonances. | |It is known that the ancient Iberians, Celts, Carthaginians and Romans who occupied the Mediterranean coast used Andorra as a refuge from battles. Remains of coins and paintings show the presence of these peoples. As for the language, this one, in the Valleys, was originally and with great probability a Basque-Iberian type as evidenced by part of Andorran toponymy, with Basque consonances. | ||
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