). Origin Whether they were Celts or pre-Celtic Iberians hasn't been established. A third possibility is that they represented a pre-Celtic population who had adopted many elements of Celtic culture (namely from the Celtici of Alentejo), with normal expectations of some intermarriage, and cultural influences from powerful Tartessos to the east of them (in the region Romans would call Hispania Bætica). Inscriptions Inscriptions in the Tartessian language have been found in the area, in a var… (More on Cynetes)