[1] The relationship between the Iberian Bastetani and the Tartessian Mastieni (who lived in Mastia, on the southeastern coast of the peninsula) is not entirely clear.
[2][3] Their territory Bastetania [1] extended through the southeastern Iberian Peninsula, which currently encompasses southern Albacete, Almería, Granada, eastern Málaga, southeastern Jaén and western Murcia.
Their main towns were located between Baria (present-day Villaricos) and Bailo (Cádiz), also including Malaka, Abdera, Sexi and Carteia.
[3] Their capital was probably the city known as Basti by the Romans, which corresponds to present-day Baza.
[3] The Lady of Baza, a famous Bastetani sculpture, was recovered from the necropolis of Basti in 1971.