HAB - Valley of prehistory

Do you want to experience our valley of prehistory?

Not long ago the world was completely different. Our ancestors lived in a cold climate, they camped in caves andcamps and hunting was their main livelihood. It was a dangerous and wild world, inhabited by lions, bears, bison, rhinos, mammoths, etc.

An oper-air museum

HAB is an invitation to discover that exciting universe that has already disappeared. In this open-air museum you will find more than 50 replicas and information supports.

The route is perfectly marked and interpreted so that everbody can do it on his own, but if you would like to explore it from specialized guides, we also organize guided tours.

The brochure and the video of the tour.

THE ROUTE

  • 1h 30 min
  • 3,5 km
  • Starting point: Port of Deba

1 STARTING POINT

    Characteristics of the valley, deposits, climate and sea level change.

2 THE HUMAN BEING AND THE SEA

    The coast was about ten to fifteen miles, and it was necessary to cross a great steppe plain to reach the sea.

3 THE HUMAN BEING AND THE ESTUARY

    How they fished, extinct species and the art world.

4 A NOMADIC LIFE

    Our ancestors shared space and culture with other human groups.

5 THE VALLEY

    Landscape, tool evolution and fauna.

Scientific rigour

The utmost scientific rigour was essential when designing and making the route. Archaeologists Joxean Mugika (UPV-EHU) and Xabier Peñalver (Aranzadi), the paleontologist Asier Gómez (UPV-EHU) and the geologist Asier Hilario (Geoparkea) participated in this project.