History of Torredelcampo
by Saskia Mier
The first signs of human occupation in the area are testified by lithic rubble unearthed during archaeological digs on sites near the municipality. However, the most important and numerous vestiges date from the Iberian period.
During the Roman occupation, the Iberian settlement scheme was maintained. The origin of the current municipality is closely related to the ancient settlers of the Iberian oppidum of Cerro Miguelico, partially abandoned after a deep crisis between the first and second centuries AD, with part of its population relocated to the Northwest slope and to the current site of the town, where several small settlements were established, centred around the agricultural exploitation of small irrigated orchards.