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 peninsul...

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Main Author:	Chapman, Robert 1949- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1989
Series:	New studies in archaeology
Subjects:	Funde Copper age / Spain Copper age / Mediterranean Region Bronze age / Spain Bronze age / Mediterranean Region Chalkolithikum Bronzezeit Vor- und Frühgeschichte Spanien Spain / Antiquities Mediterranean Region / Antiquities Iberische Halbinsel Mittelmeer > West Spanien > Südost Mittelmeerraum > West
Online Access:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Summary:	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
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages)
ISBN:	9780511735486
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511735486