An up-to-date and critical analysis of how archaeologists study past societies, Archaeologies
of Complexity addresses the nature of contemporary archaeology and the study of social …

This paper presents the first comprehensive pan-Iberian overview of one of the major
episodes of cultural change in later prehistoric Iberia, the Copper to Bronze Age transition (c …

After more than a century of research, an enormous body of scientific literature in the field of
El Argar studies has been generated, comprising some 700 bibliographic items. No fully …

This paper presents regional sequences of production, consumption and social relations in
southern Spain from the beginning of the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (c. 5600–1550 …

The first specialized copper industry of the Iberian Peninsula was developed at the start of
the Third millennium BC with the appearance of mining-metallurgical settlements in its main …

Este trabajo pretende evaluar la importancia de la producción textil en las sociedades de la
Edad del Bronce en el cuadrante suroriental de la Península Ibérica. Se ha tratado de …

La importancia del empleo de la tierra en las actividades constructivas de las sociedades
del pasado y la gran la capacidad informativa de sus evidencias arqueológicas hacen …

With its forts, swords, halberds and daggers the Argaric people of south-east Spain has long
been seen as a warrior society. The authors dismantle this model, showing that defences …

D 72070 Tübingen. Germany. E-mail: martin. bartelheim@ uni-tuebingen. de; ernst. pernicka@
cez-archaeometrie. de (**) Dpto. de Prehistoria y Arqueología, Universidad de Granada …

Archaeological research carried out during the last decades in the Southeast of the Iberian
Peninsula has allowed us to gain a better understanding of the social structures of the …