Etnogeografia da fachada atlántica occidental da Peninsula Iberica

Abstract

The «Ora Maritima» refers to various peoples of tite western seaboard of the Iberian Peninsula: Sefes, Cempsi, Ligus or Lycis, Dragani. Herodotus adds the Kynetes. Later Polybius refers to the Conii. A brief outline of tite material culture of the area is presented, deduced from the arcitaeological record. The ethnic filiation of its peoples is discussed: Sefes and Cempsi were Celts; a non-Indo-European origin is suggested for the Kynetes and Conii although some anthroponyms identified in the funerary inscriptions of the Conii appear to be Indo-European. Ptolemy's ethnogeograpitical framework is also presented, since despite its late date, it provides evidence of earlier ethnic distribution. Similarly the localization and ethnic origin of the Lusitani are discussed, a name that does not appear to correspond with apeople, but a set of tribes partially recorded in the inscription of the Alcantara bridge (CIL II. 760).