Description: 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 key subject on interest in Iberian Prehistory.
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"A comprehensive, readable, and well-balanced reflection of the current debate on the ability of archaeology to identify social structures and their patterns of change. As a result of the collaboration of different research groups and colleagues, it represents a state-of-the-art work within the debate on social stratification and complex societies in Iberia. It is not just a compilation of case studies. It offers updated data and new hypotheses and perspectives to interpret this complex phenomenon." European Journal of Archaeology