The Archaeology of Iberia: The Dynamics of Change / Edition 1

by Margarita Diaz-Andreu, Simon Keay

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415642903
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/09/2012
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Margarita Diaz-Andreu, Simon Keay

Table of Contents

1: Introduction; 2: Conflict and Innovation; 3: Behavioural Transformations During the Pleistocene; 4: The Neolithic of the Iberian Peninsula; 5: The Funerary World and the Dynamics of Change in Southeast Spain (Fourth–Second Millennia BC); 6: The Dynamics of the occupation of the Middle Basin of the River Guadiana between the Fourth and Second Millennia BC; 7: The Neolithic/Chalcolithic Transition in Portugal; 8: The Dynamics of Change in Northwest Portugal During the First Millennium BC; 9: Migration Revisited; 10: The Iron Age Iberian Peoples of the Upper Guadalquivir Valley; 11: Urban Transformation and Cultural Change; 12: Hispania; 13: Observations on Historiography and Change from the Sixth to Tenth Centuries in the North and West of the Iberian Peninsula; 14: The Origins of Al-Andalus (Eighth and Ninth Centuries); 15: All Change?