@Lopess @Duileoga Sadly I don't have the time to give advices on a new mini-faction, I just got a new job and I am really busy for the following months. Furthermore I am already helping Europa Barbarorum's team, which is time-consuming. In addition, Spanish is not my mother tongue and I am still learning it. Finally, I don't know enough the Iberian peninsula to rely on memory. So basically I could help mostly by relying on reading, for which I am not in the best position in this context.
In the future, I can ask Trarco if he wants to participate here.
I can simply remember you that the Iberian peninsula during the iron age is a quite diverse place.
- There are non-indo-european cultures, three groups can be schematized: the Iberians, the Palaeo-Basques/Aquitanians, the Turdetani. The latter being heavily influenced by Punic civilization.
- A growing Celtic presence, mostly driven by the Celtiberians. Their material culture is heavily spreading among the Vaccaei, the Vettones and the Gallaeci.
- Another indo-european remaining presence, associated to the Lusitanians and probably also to the Gallaeci and the Vettones. Either it is an older Celtic culture from the Bronze Age, or a sister branch of the Celtic languages and cultures. They share heavy similarities with the Celts (notably with the worship of Epona, Endovelicus, Lugus) but their language suggests some important differences.
The massive difference in the material culture is related to the culture of the castros or castreña:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultura_castreña
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castro_culture
You can find a lot of resources on the FB page of Celtiberia I already gave above, but also here in English:
https://dc.uwm.edu/ekeltoi/
There is an audio podcast at the end of this table of contents:
https://www.despertaferro-ediciones.com/revistas/numero/arqueologia-historia-25-celtiberos/
There are a bunch of books you can find on library genesis:
Los pueblos prerromanos de la península Ibérica
Los celtiberos
Prehistoria y protohistoria de la Península Ibérica
There are some academic publication on the Western people of the peninsula:
LAS COMUNIDADES DE LA EDAD DEL HIERRO EN EL OCCIDENTE DE LA MESETA
“¿Guerreros o bandoleros? Las formas de combate de los pueblos de la Meseta Occidental a partir del armamento de los yacimientos abulenses (ss. V-I a.C.)
Finding resources on the Vettones is quite easy:
https://www.academia.edu/2981562/Nuestros_ancestros_los_vettones
https://www.academia.edu/2053713/Los_Vettones_Arqueología_de_un_pueblo_protohistórico
Edit:
https://www.facebook.com/TANITdivulgacion/posts/1755140541304108
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