Prehistoric architecture is understood as a means of expression and primitive construction that began to generate thoughts of beliefs about primitive cultures. It is called the first preserved milestones of the incipient architecture.

The first arose in the Neolithic, continuing in the early stages of the Copper Age. The second ones belong to the copper, bronze or iron ages.

Belonging to primitive popular architecture, various constructions are known that served as a house, or temporary dwelling, for our ancestors from the most remote times. Such are:

The funerary architecture includes tumuli, sometimes astronomically oriented to the winter solstice, as is the case of Castillejo del Bonete (Terrinches, Ciudad Real).