Pottery tradition of Albox
The origin of the pottery tradition in Albox probably dates back to prehistoric times, when objects were fired in rudimentary kilns dug out of the ground.
Argaric tombs have been found in the Cerro del Castillo area, containing pottery, as grave goods, which is about 4000 years old, and in Cerro de las Copas terra sigillata pottery from the Roman period, from the 1st to the 3rd centuries AD, has been found.
But today’s glazed and polychrome pottery was introduced to this region in the 8th century by Muslims from the East. Given the existence of very suitable raw material in inexhaustible quantities, there were important producers in Albox for centuries.