Despite increasing interest in the relationship between culture transformation and abrupt
climate change, their complexities are poorly understood. The local impact of global …

Abstract The Early Bronze Age in Europe is characterized by social and genetic
transformations, starting in the early 3rd millennium BCE. New settlement and funerary …

In light of recent climate changes, it is important to also gain knowledge about the spatial
manifestation of past climate events and their potential impact on ancient societies across a …

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 …

Ist es möglich, die Bronzezeit im Sinne der soziologisch definierten Begrifflichkeit
“Globalisierung” zu fassen? Der Beitrag folgt dieser Fragestellung auf analytischem Wege …

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 …

Political economy approaches have been criticized for their focus on top-down processes
with insufficient attention to non-elite agency. Here, we expand archaeological applications …

The recent discovery of an exceptionally rich grave at La Almoloya in south-eastern Spain
illuminates the political context of Early Bronze Age El Argar society. The quantity, variety …

Recent excavations at La Bastida in south-eastern Spain have revealed an impressive stone-
built fortification system dating to 2200–2100 cal BC that protected one of the main …

The El Argar society of the Bronze Age in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula (2200–1550
cal BCE) was among the first complex societies in Europe. Its economy was based on cereal …