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Prehistory. Prehistoric groups in the paleothitic time were nomads their way of life consisting of hunting and gathering. Excavations show tools of carved stone in which have been found deposits of pandera pine, and in the cave of Malalmuergo (Moclin) we find evidence which is connected to the (then) population of Íllora. More evidences have also been found on the bank of the river Genil.
The first steps towards the economic way of life began with the domestication of animals and the cultivation of plants – we see evidence of this in local caves and quarries.
There is also evidence of that great neolithic innovation – ceramics. The nearby population of Castillejos in Montefrio also had a well developed way of life, the population living in small caves with the interior of copper and wooden construction.
In the slopes of the Sierra Parapanda y Sierra Pelada, there are three burial sites in the form of dolmen belonging to nearby necrolpolis.
Unfortunately due to lack of conservation there is a significant lack of physical remains, the principal interest of these resident groups in the zone where we found them, is now open to question.

Dolmen of the Pedriza de los Majales > It is found situated close to the hill of the crowns, in its western slope, to some 900 m of altitude.
Dolmen of Loma de Ciaco > Is found to some 4,5 km of Íllora in a straight line, toward the north of the locality, in the slope of the Sierra Parapanda to 1.500 m of altitude.
Dolmen of Pedriza de Guirao > Situated to 1 km of Íllora in the lower part of the slope of the Parapanda, to 900 km altitude.
 
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