The Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula
From the Paleolithic to the Bronze Age

One of the only guides to the prehistoric archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula that engages with key anthropological and archaeological debates.

Katina T. Lillios (Author)

9781107113343, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 5 December 2019

506 pages, 161 b/w illus. 8 colour illus.
26 x 18.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.99 kg

'… the book is a good introduction to the peninsula's past for nonspecialists.' E. Delson, Choice

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.

1. Setting the stage
2. The first Iberians and last Neanderthals
3. The first modern humans in Iberia
4. The creation of new worlds
5. The expansion of interregional contacts
6. The emergence of ranked societies
7. Archaeologies and histories of the Iberian past.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography [JHMC], Prehistoric archaeology [HDDA], Archaeology by period / region [HDD]