Editing Astorga, Spain (section)

=== Pre History ===
The timeline of history that includes Astorga has artifactual evidence stretching back over 200,000 years, predating the [[Paleolithic]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} {{convert|130|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=on}} away from Astorga in the [[Atapuerca Mountains]] (''Sierra de Atapuerca''), exists a rich fossil record of the earliest humans in Spain.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} The scientific study of these remains provide priceless information about the appearance and the way these humans lived. The regional government of Castile and León has designated the site an ''Espacio cultural''.

Tin artifacts dated to c. 2750 BC using metallurgical diffusion chronologic dating were found in the area of Astorga.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} Artifacts such as tube and double ring axes were located in Astorga and are significant to an Atlantic cultural complex from the [[Bronze Age]] period c. 1300–700 BC that are included in the [[Castro culture|Castro]] cultures.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Astorga, in the [[Iron Age]], came under the cultural influence of the [[Celts]]; the local Celtic peoples inhabited the area around 275 BC, known as the [[Astures]] and the [[Cantabri]]. It later become one of the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] strongholds in the region they called '''Asturica'''.