Emerging Complexity: The Later Prehistory of South-East Spain, Iberia and the West MediterraneanCambridge University Press, 19 avr. 1990 - 304 pages How, when and why did inherited differences of wealth, status and power arise in human communities? At the heart of Emerging Complexity is the thesis that complex societies developed independently during the Copper and Bronze Ages in south-east Spain, and in the wider context of the Iberian peninsula and the west Mediterranean. Chapman rejects the concept of diffusion from the Aegean and east Mediterranean, until recently seen as the cradle of complex society in later prehistoric Europe. The unprecedented amount of new data on south-east Spain since the 1970s unavailable to many prehistorians. This detailed synthesis is therefore valuable as a general introduction to the area, as well as being important for prehistorians concerned with the emergence of complexity in the Aegean and throughout Europe. |
Table des matières
Comparison of Iberian Neolithic material with Troy | 2 |
Iberian prehistory and traditional archaeology | 18 |
Comparison of Iberian Copper Age material with Egypt and the Aegean | 23 |
Examples of diffusion into the Iberian peninsula | 29 |
the implications of the absolute chronology | 35 |
Typology of asas pitorro | 38 |
Radiocarbon dates from Iberian megalithic tombs page | 40 |
Thermoluminescence dates from Portuguese megalithic tombs | 41 |
Tomb types containing Beaker material at Los Millares | 183 |
Numbers of burials recorded from megalithic tombs at Los Millares 1867 | 186 |
Frequency of burials per tomb and per chamber at Los Millares | 188 |
Numbers of prestige grave goods in tombs at Los Millares | 193 |
Argaric grave goods in a megalithic tomb at Los Eriales | 197 |
Representation of the total population in known Argaric burials in southeast Spain | 201 |
Fuente Alamo grave 9 | 203 |
Plans of Argaric settlements at El Puntarrón Chico and La Bastida de Totana | 205 |
Types of Iberian Neolithic and Copper Age idols | 48 |
Neolithic Copper Age and Bronze Age radiocarbon dates for southeast Spain 502 | 50 |
southeast Spain the cultural framework 5000500 bc | 54 |
Location of main sites in southeast Spain mentioned in the text | 61 |
Typological division of the Almería culture by Leisner and Leisner | 62 |
Typological division of the Almería culture by Blance | 63 |
Early and Middle Neolithic pottery from Granada | 67 |
Millaran cultural material | 73 |
Cerro de la Virgen section through fortifications | 81 |
Argaric settlement at Fuente Alamo | 88 |
Chronological subdivision of the Argaric culture | 90 |
Dancin in the dark? Adaptation and intensification in southeast Spain | 97 |
Badlands near Tabernas | 103 |
Presenceabsence of cereals and tree crops in southeast Spain | 115 |
Presenceabsence of faunal remains from Neolithic Copper Age and Bronze Age sites in lowland southeast Spain | 116 |
Prehistoric sites with quantitative faunal reports in southeast Spain | 117 |
Frequencies of wild animal bones from Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age in southeast Spain | 118 |
Prehistoric sites for which site territories measured by Gilman and Thornes | 120 |
Land use potential of site territories measured by Gilman and Thornes | 121 |
Los Millares inner half of megalithic cemetery | 126 |
recent models of intensification and cultural change | 141 |
Distribution of Millaran and Argaric cultural assemblages | 151 |
Neolithic Copper and Bronze Age sites and population sizes in southeast Spain 1523 | 152 |
Numbers of Copper and Bronze Age sites in three regions of southeast Spain | 155 |
Population densities for the Copper Age and the Argaric Bronze Age in three regions of southeast Spain | 158 |
Cemetery of megalithic tombs at Los Millares | 161 |
Copper axe and awl frequencies on Copper Age sites in five areas of southeast Spain | 162 |
Frequencies of different metal types at El Argar | 164 |
Weights of metal in grammes from six Bronze Age sites in southeast Spain | 165 |
Out of reach? Complexity interaction and integration in southeast Spain | 169 |
Stages of metalworking on Argaric settlements in southeast Spain | 171 |
models and the archaeological record in southeast Spain | 211 |
Summary of variables and their archaeological indicators | 213 |
Aridity in the Iberian peninsula | 225 |
Neolithic and Copper Age cultures and main sites in southern Portugal | 226 |
Copper Age settlement at Zambujal viewed from the air | 230 |
Plans of Copper Age fortified settlements in southern Portugal | 231 |
Site size for Copper Age settlements around the Tagus estuary | 232 |
Radiocarbon dates for Copper Age settlements in southern Portugal | 233 |
Copper artefacts from Zambujal | 235 |
Average monthly and annual temperatures and precipitation in La Mancha compared with Madrid and Murcia | 236 |
Location of motilla settlements in western La Mancha | 239 |
Site sizes of Bronze Age motilla settlements in La Mancha | 240 |
Motilla at La Azuer | 241 |
diameter of seven motillas in western La Mancha | 243 |
Interaction within the Iberian peninsula | 247 |
Examples of interaction in Iberian prehistory | 249 |
Copper and Bronze Age interaction between Iberia and northwest Africa | 250 |
Map of west Mediterranean | 251 |
Plans of two Copper Age enceintes in southern France | 253 |
Prehistoric monuments from the Balearic islands | 257 |
Nuragic settlement of Su Nuraxi Barumini | 259 |
Effects of the Mistral on west Mediterranean shipping | 261 |
Visibility map of the Mediterranean basin | 262 |
Ranking of relative centrality among nine points in the Mediterranean west of Sardinia | 263 |
Ranking of relative centrality among eight points in the westcentral Mediterranean | 264 |
Ranking of relative centrality among sixteen points in the west Mediterranean | 266 |
variability evaluation and complexity | 268 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Emerging Complexity: The Later Prehistory of South-East Spain, Iberia and ... Robert Chapman Aucun aperçu disponible - 1990 |
Emerging Complexity: The Later Prehistory of South-East Spain, Iberia and ... Robert Chapman Aucun aperçu disponible - 2009 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Aegean agricultural Almería analysis animal appear archaeological record Argaric argued argument Arribas assemblages associated basin Beaker beginning Bronze Age burials central Cerro chamber chapter comparable complexity contained contexts Copper Age Cueva cultural dates deposits detailed discussion distribution domestic early east eastern emergence evidence example excavations existence exploitation Figure frequency further given Granada grave greater groups Iberia idols important increase individual inference intensification interaction islands Italy known late later Later Bronze Age Leisner located lowlands Lull major marked material measure megalithic metal Millares millennium bc Neolithic noted occupation occur peninsula period phase population pottery prehistoric present problems production published range recent region relation samples scale seen settlements Siret social society sources south-east Spain southern stone structures suggest third tombs types valley variables variation Virgen wall west Mediterranean