Iberia In Prehistory

Author : Maria Castro
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1995-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0631167943

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Iberia in Prehistory by Maria Castro Pdf

This book charts a thousand years of Spanish history from the tenth century BC to the Roman conquest. In recent years, the archaeological data on the first millennium BC in Spain have significantly changed our understanding of the period. Drawing extensively on this research, the author examines how during this period Spain gradually changed from a country of similar economic standing to the rest of Bronze Age Europe to a region opened up through its growing contacts with the more advanced Eastern Mediterranean and transformed into one of the western classical cultures. Iberia in Prehistory charts the increase in the Atlantic metal trade during the Bronze Age and the diverse cultural interchanges between the different regions in Spain. The book then looks at the "Tartessic Culture" and the influence of both Phoenician colonists and Greek merchants. Finally, the author examines the development of Iberian cultures during the period 500-280 BC. During this period a strong hellenic influence flourished in the south and east, but the author shows that the differences between "civilized" Iberia and the rest of the country were very strong.

Author : María Cruz Berrocal,Leonardo García Sanjuán,Antonio Gilman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135098018

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The Prehistory of Iberia by María Cruz Berrocal,Leonardo García Sanjuán,Antonio Gilman Pdf

The origin and early development of social stratification is essentially an archaeological problem. The impressive advance of archaeological research has revealed that, first and foremost, the pre-eminence of stratified or class society in today’s world is the result of a long social struggle. This volume advances the archaeological study of social organisation in Prehistory, and more specifically the rise of social complexity in European Prehistory. Within the wider context of world Prehistory, in the last 30 years the subject of early social stratification and state formation has been a key subject on interest in Iberian Prehistory. This book illustrates the differing forms of resistances, the interplay between change and continuity, the multiple paths to and from social complexity, and the ‘failures’ of states to form in Prehistory. It also engages with broader questions, such as: when did social stratification appear in western European Prehistory? What factors contributed to its emergence and consolidation? What are the relationships between the notions of social complexity, social inequality, social stratification and statehood? And what are the archaeological indicators for the empirical analysis of these issues? Focusing on Iberia, but with a permanent connection to the wider geographical framework, this book presents, for the first time, a chronologically comprehensive, up-to-date approach to the issue of state formation in prehistoric Europe.

Author : Antonio Arnaiz-Villena
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461542315

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Prehistoric Iberia by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena Pdf

The symposium "Prehistoric Iberia: genetics, anthropology and linguistics" was held in the Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid on 16th -17th November 1998. The idea was bringing together specialists who could address not clearly resolved historic and prehistoric issues regarding ancient Iberian and Mediterranean populations, following a multidisciplinary approach. This was necessary in the light of the new bulk of genetic, archeological and linguistic data obtained with the new DNA technology and the recent discoverings in the other fields. Genes may now be easily studied in populations, particularly HLA genes and markers of the mitochondrial DNA and the Y chromosome. Basques, Iberians, North Africans, Berbers (Imazighen) and Mediterraneans have presently been widely studied. The genetic emerging picture is that Mediterraneans are closely related from West (Basque, Iberians, Berbers) to East (Jews, Lebanese, Cretans); however, Greeks are outliers in all the analyses done by using HLA genes. Anthropologists and archeologists showed how there was no people substitution during the revolutionary Mesolithic-Neolithic transition; in addition, cultural relationships were found between Iberia and predinastic Egypt (EI Badari culture). Basque language translation into Spanish has been the key for relating most Mediterranean extinct languages. The Usko-Mediterranean languages were once spoken in a wide African and European area, which also included parts of Asia. This was the "old language" that was slowly substituted by Eurasian languages starting approximately after the Bronze Age (or 2,000 years BC).

Author : Lawrence Guy Straus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Cantabria (Spain)
ISBN : UOM:39015022255551

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Iberia Before the Iberians by Lawrence Guy Straus Pdf

The Stone Age prehistory of northern Spain is one of the richest and most significant in the world, extending at least 100,000 years into the past. With adjacent regions in France, this mountainous region has one of the most complete records in Europe for hominid occupation, including spectacular cave art sanctuaries like Altamira and El Castillo. Iberia before the Iberians is the first book since 1924 (in any language) to present a complete synthesis of Cantabrian prehistory. Written from an ecological and functional perspective, the book traces the evolution of human responses to widely varying physical and demographic environments. It provides up-to-date information on sites, chronology, art, and artifacts, from the Lower Paleolithic through the Neolithic, along with standardized tables and site maps for each period.

Author : Robert Chapman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1990-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0521232074

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Emerging Complexity by Robert Chapman Pdf

At the heart of Emerging Complexity is the thesis that complex societies developed independently during the Copper and Bronze Ages in south-east Spain.

Author : Margarita Diaz-Andreu,Simon Keay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317799061

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The Archaeology of Iberia by Margarita Diaz-Andreu,Simon Keay Pdf

For many archaeologists, Iberia is the last great unknown region in Europe. Although it occupies a crucial position between South-Western Europe and North Africa, academic attention has traditionally been focused on areas like Greece or Italy. However Iberia has an equally rich cultural heritage and archaeological tradition. This ground-breaking volume presents a sample of the ways in which archaeologists have applied theoretical frameworks to the interpretation of archaeological evidence, offering new insights into the archaeology of both Iberia and Europe from prehistoric time through to the tenth century. The contributors to this book are leading archaeologists drawn from both countries. They offer innovative and challenging models for the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Copper Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, Early Medieval and Islamic periods. A diverse range of subjects are covered including urban transformation, the Iron Age peoples of Spain, observations on historiography and the origins of the Arab domains of Al-Andalus. It is essential reading for advanced undergraduates and those researching the archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula.

Author : Katina T. Lillios
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000043741630

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The Origins of Complex Societies in Late Prehistoric Iberia by Katina T. Lillios Pdf

This volume presents the fruits of recent research on the origins and evolution of social complexity in late prehistoric Iberia. It seeks to trace regional processes of cultural evolution between the Neolithic and Bronze Age, as well as to explore the articulation of social complexity with the environment, economy and technology.

Author : Pedro Díaz-del-Río,Leonardo García Sanjuán
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015064804779

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Social Inequality in Iberian Late Prehistory by Pedro Díaz-del-Río,Leonardo García Sanjuán Pdf

This book includes papers from the session 'Social Inequality in Iberian Late Prehistory' presented at the Congress of Peninsular Archaeology, Faro, 2004.

Author : Katina T. Lillios
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107113343

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The Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula by Katina T. Lillios Pdf

One of the only guides to the prehistoric archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula that engages with key anthropological and archaeological debates.

Author : Hubert Newman Savory
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Portugal
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033932976

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Spain and Portugal by Hubert Newman Savory Pdf

Author : Gonzalo Jimenez,Sandra Subías,Margarita Romero
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317588917

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The Archaeology of Bronze Age Iberia by Gonzalo Jimenez,Sandra Subías,Margarita Romero Pdf

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-updated synthesis of the literature is available at the moment; recent works deal only with specific characteristics of Argaric societies or some of the regions where their influence spread. The Archaeology of Bronze Age Iberia offers a much-needed, comprehensive overview of Argaric Bronze Age societies, based on state-of-the-art research. In addition to expounding on recent insights in such areas as Argaric origin and expansion, social practices, and socio-politics, the book offers reflections on current issues in the field, from questions concerning the genealogy of discourses on the subject, to matters related to professional practices. The book discusses the values and interests guiding the evolution of El Argar studies, while critically reexamining its history. Scholars and researchers in the fields of Prehistory and Archaeology will find this volume highly useful.

Author : Margarita Diaz-Andreu,Simon Keay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317799078

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The Archaeology of Iberia by Margarita Diaz-Andreu,Simon Keay Pdf

For many archaeologists, Iberia is the last great unknown region in Europe. Although it occupies a crucial position between South-Western Europe and North Africa, academic attention has traditionally been focused on areas like Greece or Italy. However Iberia has an equally rich cultural heritage and archaeological tradition. This ground-breaking volume presents a sample of the ways in which archaeologists have applied theoretical frameworks to the interpretation of archaeological evidence, offering new insights into the archaeology of both Iberia and Europe from prehistoric time through to the tenth century. The contributors to this book are leading archaeologists drawn from both countries. They offer innovative and challenging models for the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Copper Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, Early Medieval and Islamic periods. A diverse range of subjects are covered including urban transformation, the Iron Age peoples of Spain, observations on historiography and the origins of the Arab domains of Al-Andalus. It is essential reading for advanced undergraduates and those researching the archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula.

Author : Mark A. Hunt Ortiz
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015052982660

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Prehistoric Mining and Metallurgy in South West Iberian Peninsula by Mark A. Hunt Ortiz Pdf

A technological and often technical study of mining and metalworking in south west Iberia from the Chalcolithic to the Late Bronze Age.

Author : Ana Rosa Cruz,Enrique Cerrillo Cuenca,Primitiva Bueno Ramírez,João Carlos Caninas,Carlos Batata
Publisher : BAR International Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
ISBN : 1407312871

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Rendering Death by Ana Rosa Cruz,Enrique Cerrillo Cuenca,Primitiva Bueno Ramírez,João Carlos Caninas,Carlos Batata Pdf

Edited by: Ana Cruz, Enrique Cerrillo-Cuenca, Primitiva Bueno Ramírez, João Carlos Caninas and Carlos Batata. Proceedings of the conference held in Abrantes, Portugal, 11 May 2013. This book offers a perspective on death and memory in recent Prehistory on the western Iberian Peninsula (Portugal, Spanish Extremadura and Andalusia). Within this territory the contributors to this volume record the variability of architectonic forms indicative of lengthy period changes in funerary contexts and transformations in the ideological-symbolic substrate of pre-writing communities. The Portuguese karstic region explored in this study lacks megalithic monuments despite the abundant raw material. The contributors attempt to answer questions such as whether this signifies a break with our understanding of 'Megalithism' as a result of identity ideologies. Other regions exhibit an expansion of Megalithism, often with exuberant forms, reflecting territorial expansion, while in others we encounter cists, pits and tumuli - all indicators of a new funerary order. The examples investigated in this collection of papers include - for the Neolithic: Oleiros, Castelo Branco, Alto Alentejo and Mondego; for the Neo-Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age: Tomar, Abrantes, Santarém; for the Bronze Age: Pampilhosa da Serra, Alcoutim, Abrantes, Santarém, Viseu, Vila Nova de Paiva, Castro Daire. Included in this study are the necropolis caves of Spanish Extremadura, representing as they do a chronological continuum from the Early Neolithic to the Bronze Age, and other related sites such as the Canaleja Gorge karstic complex and a range of other megalithic phenomena (menhirs, stelae, cromlechs, dolmens) in the southern Iberian Peninsula (Alentejo and Andalusia).

Author : Katina T. Lillios
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 1107533945

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The Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula by Katina T. Lillios Pdf

"In this book, Katina Lillios provides an up-to-date synthesis of the rich histories of the peoples who lived on the Iberian Peninsula between 1,400,000 (the Paleolithic) and 3500 years ago (the Bronze Age) as revealed in their art, burials, tools, and monuments. She highlights the exciting new discoveries on the Peninsula, including the evidence for some of the earliest hominins in Europe, Neanderthal art, interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans, and relationships to peoples living in North Africa, the Mediterranean, and western Europe. This is the first book to relate the ancient history of the Peninsula to broader debates in anthropology and archaeology. Amply illustrated and written in an accessible style, it will be of interest to archaeologists and students of prehistoric Spain and Portugal"--