Prehistory

The oldest signs of human activity in the Jávea municipal area have been found in the site of the Cueva del Montgó (Cave of Montgó), the source of material from the Upper Palaeolithic Period, about 16,000 years B.C..

A few remains of a possible open-air Epipalaeolithic settlement from between the Upper Palaeolithic and the Neolithic Periods have been found at the Cabo de la Nao.

The first signs of the oldest cultures of the Neolithic Period date from the fifth millennium B.C. The Neolithic is characterised by the appearance of pottery and the first indications of agriculture and the taming of animals. This period is well represented in the Cueva del Montgó site.

The small site at Cap Prim is from the Bronze Age and is a key settlement, with evidence of significant bronze-working activity, as seen from the slag, casting moulds, etc, that have been found.