ocr: i Info on:Spain OX - general geography history people government overview economy tran 4 The Iberian Peninsula has been occupied for many millennia. Some of Europe's mostimpressive Paleolithic cultural sites are located there-the famous caves at Altamira contain spectacular paintings which date from aboutl 15,000-25,000 years ago. The Basques are the firstidentifiable people of the peninsula and are the oldest surviving group in Europe. Iberians arrived from North Atrica during a more recent period. Beginning in the ninth century BC, Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, and Celts entered the Ib ...