In this book, Katina Lillios provides an up-to-date synthesis of the rich histories of the peoples who lived on the Iberian Peninsula between 1,400,000 (the Paleolithic) and 3,500 years ago (the Bronze Age) as revealed in their art, burials, tools, and monuments. She highlights the exciting new discoveries on the Peninsula, including the evidence for some of the earliest hominins in Europe, Neanderthal art, interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans, and relationships to peoples living in North Africa, the Mediterranean, and Western Europe. This is the first book to relate the ancient history of the Peninsula to broader debates in anthropology and archaeology. Amply illustrated and written in an accessible style, it will be of interest to archaeologists and students of prehistoric Spain and Portugal.
Author(s): Katina T. Lillios
Series: Cambridge World Archaeology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 408
Cover
Half-title
Series information
Title page
Copyright information
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Setting the Stage: The History of Iberian Archaeology and Geography of the Iberian Peninsula
Introduction
Geography
Histories of Archaeology in the Iberian Peninsula
Spain: Antiquarianism and the Foundations of Spanish Archaeology
Spain: Archaeology under Franco (1936–1975)
Spain: Archaeology after Franco (1975–Present)
Portugal: Antiquarianism and the Institutionalization of Portuguese Archaeology
Portugal: Archaeology under the Salazar Dictatorship
Portugal: Archaeology after the Salazar until the Mid-1980s
Archaeology in Spain and Portugal: From the 1980s to the Present
Some Conclusions
Endnotes
Chapter 2. The First Iberians and Last Neanderthals: The Lower and Middle Paleolithic (1,400,000–35,000 BP)
Introduction
Pings from the Void: The Early and Middle Pleistocene/Lower Paleolithic (1.4 mya–125 kya)
The Early Pleistocene: 1.4 mya–800 kya
The Middle Pleistocene: 800–125 kya
Late Pleistocene/Middle Paleolithic (125–40 kya): The First Neanderthals
Settlement, Climate, and Demography
Lithic Technologies
Subsistence
Site Structure and Non-Lithic Technologies
Iberian Neanderthals
Neanderthal Art
The Ebro Frontier and the Last Neanderthals
Some Conclusions
Endnotes
Chapter 3. The First Modern Humans in Iberia: The Late Pleistocene/Upper Paleolithic (42,000–12,000 BP)
Introduction
Chronology, Technocomplexes, Settlement Pattern
Subsistence
Site Structure
Burials and Human Remains
Religion and Expressive Arts
Altamira and the History of Archaeology in Iberia
The Legacy of Altamira: The Côa Valley
Regional Perspectives
Vasco-Cantabria
Douro/Duero Valley
Ebro Valley
Upper Tagus
Alentejo and Spanish Extremadura
Levante
Andalucia
Some Conclusions
Endnotes
Chapter 4. The Creation of New Worlds: The Mesolithic through Middle Neolithic (11,000–3,500 BCE)
Introduction
Histories
The Mediterranean
The Interior
The Vasco-Cantabrian Coast
The Western Façade
Rock Art of Early Holocene Iberia
New Developments and Some Conclusions
Endnotes
Chapter 5. The Expansion of Interregional Contacts: The Late Neolithic and Early Copper Age (3,500–2,500 BCE)
Introduction
Histories
The North and Northwest
The Southwest
The Southeast
The East and Northeast
Plates
The Interior
Northern Meseta
Southern Meseta
Some Conclusions
Endnotes
Chapter 6. The Emergence of Ranked Societies: The Late Copper Age to Early Bronze Age (2,500–1,500 BCE)
Introduction
The Beaker Phenomenon and a Brief History of Beaker Research on the Peninsula
Histories
The North and Northwest
The Southwest
The Southeast
The East and Northeast
The Balearic Islands
The Interior
Northern Meseta
Southern Meseta
Some Conclusions
Endnotes
Chapter 7. Archaeologies and Histories of the Iberian Past
Archaeologies of Mobility
Taxonomies
Beyond the State
Memories, Landscapes, and Histories
Violence
Gender, Age, and Power
The Future of Iberian Archaeology
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
