Emerging Complexity
The Later Prehistory of South-East Spain, Iberia and the West Mediterranean
Published on 19. March 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-521-10572-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
555 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-10572-9 (9780521105729)
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Robert Chapman
Emerging Complexity
The Later Prehistory of South-East Spain, Iberia and the West Mediterranean
Book
04/1990
Cambridge University Press
€68.09
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Robert Chapman
Emerging Complexity
The Later Prehistory of South-East Spain, Iberia and the West Mediterranean
Book
04/1990
Cambridge University Press
€68.09
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Person
Robert Chapman, Vicente Lull, Marina Picazo y Ma. Encarna Sanahuja
Content
1. Two tribes: questions of theory, scale and explanation; 2. Hello, goodbye: Iberian prehistory and traditional archaeology; 3. Another one bites the dust: the implications of the absolute chronology; 4. Getting better: south-east Spain, the cultural framework 5000-500 BC; 5. Dancin' in the dark? Adaptation and intensification in south-east Spain; 6. Centrefield: recent models of intensification and cultural change in south-east Spain; 7. Into the groove: system scale and technological innovation in south-east Spain; 8. Out of reach? Complexity, interaction and integration in south-east Spain; 9. Eliminator: models and the archaeological record in south-east Spain; 10. Strong persuader: intensification and interaction in Iberia and the west Mediterranean; 11. With or without you: variability, evaluation and complexity.