In the rocky, rough landscape that surrounds the cortijo (traditional southern farmhouse) to the east, several caves were inhabited during the 9th and 10th centuries. Initially, they were part of a larger territorial unit that was occupied at the time of the formation of Al-Andalus: the Auta Valley. Being mentioned in written records as Awta, this archaeological site was already fortified at the beginning of Ibn Hafsun’s revolt in 885.