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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465426503321

Titolo

The prehistory of Iberia : debating early social stratification and the state / / edited by Maria Cruz Berrocal, Leonardo Garcia Sanjuan, and Antonio Gilman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-07203-0

1-299-28009-9

1-135-09802-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (834 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in archaeology ; ; v. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

Cruz BerrocalMaria

Garcia SanjuanLeonardo

GilmanAntonio

Disciplina

936.6

Soggetti

Prehistoric peoples - Spain

Archaeology - Political aspects - Spain

Social archaeology - Spain

Social stratification - Spain

Social classes - Spain

Electronic books.

Spain Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introducing social stratification and the state in Iberian prehistory -- pt. 2. Case studies -- pt. 3. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

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 k