The Prehistory Of Iberia

Author : María Cruz Berrocal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135098018
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prehistory of Iberia written by María Cruz Berrocal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Katina T. Lillios
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107113342
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula written by Katina T. Lillios and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the only guides to the prehistoric archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula that engages with key anthropological and archaeological debates.

Author : Maria Castro
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631167945
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iberia in Prehistory written by Maria Castro and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1995-10-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Robert Chapman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521232074
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emerging Complexity written by Robert Chapman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-04-19 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Michael Dietler
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226148483
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colonial Encounters in Ancient Iberia written by Michael Dietler and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first millennium BCE, complex encounters of Phoenician and Greek colonists with natives of the Iberian Peninsula transformed the region and influenced the entire history of the Mediterranean. One of the first books on these encounters to appear in English, this volume brings together a multinational group of contributors to explore ancient Iberia’s colonies and indigenous societies, as well as the comparative study of colonialism. These scholars—from a range of disciplines including classics, history, anthropology, and archaeology—address such topics as trade and consumption, changing urban landscapes, cultural transformations, and the ways in which these issues played out in the Greek and Phoenician imaginations. Situating ancient Iberia within Mediterranean colonial history and establishing a theoretical framework for approaching encounters between colonists and natives, these studies exemplify the new intellectual vistas opened by the engagement of colonial studies with Iberian history.

Author : Miriam Balmuth
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1850755930
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encounters and Transformations written by Miriam Balmuth and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past twenty years, archaeological research in Spain and Portugal has undergone profound changes in theoretical orientation, changes that parallel the political and social transformations in those countries over the past generation. These Proceedings of the First International Conference in America on Iberian Archaeology demonstrate the increasingly strong implantation of processualist approaches and their useful integration with historicist orientations. Contributions ranging from the Neolithic to the Iron Age provide a representative sample of the current state of archaeological research in Iberia.

Author : Antonio Arnaiz-Villena
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780306463648
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prehistoric Iberia written by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-01-31 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of an International Conference on Prehistoric Iberia: Genetics, Anthropology, and Linguistics, held November 16-17, 1998, in Madrid, Spain.

Author : Gonzalo Aranda Jimenez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317588908
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Bronze Age Iberia written by Gonzalo Aranda Jimenez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Lawrence Guy Straus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iberia Before the Iberians written by Lawrence Guy Straus and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Fernando Quesada-Sanz
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1473884748
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weapons, Warriors and Battles of Ancient Iberia written by Fernando Quesada-Sanz and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and analyses all their military equipment – weapons, armour, horse tack, fortifications, etc., as well as their tactics and warrior society. In ancient times, the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) was home to warriors of great renown. Iberian and Celtiberian warriors, both infantry and cavalry, served as the backbone of the Carthaginian armies that terrorized Italy under Hannibal, and proved even more fierce when defending their homeland against later Roman occupation. The Lusitanian resistance under Viriathus was among the toughest the Romans encountered anywhere. Professor Quesada Sanz details the arms, armour and equipment of the various warriors of the region in fantastic detail, drawing on his intimate knowledge of the latest archaeological and historical research. His clear and informative text is supported throughout by a wealth of photographs, diagrams and exquisite colour artwork by Carlos Fernandez del Castillo. This beautiful book is a rare combination of detailed, comprehensive information and sumptuous visual appeal that will be cherished by anyone with an interest in the warriors and weapons of the ancient world. The Spanish edition won the Hislibris Award for the 'Best Historical Book' for 2010 and is here faithfully translated into English.