Decolonizando Tarteso en el estudio de la Protohistoria mediterránea.

Tartessus has been one of the most controversial subjects in Spanish historiography for last five centuries, although its mentions date back to 7th century BC. In this work we analyze how concept extrapolated each context historiographic production, and different uses that have made it. To do this, examine works deal with theme discourse understand historical narrative present colonizing past southern peninsula. Such analysis led us discern Tartessus, colonial connotations, functioned as a hinge between north south peninsula scene struggle east west within Mediterranean framework. Hence, Andalusian protohistory served legitimizing basis claims over south.