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The Mega-Site of Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain): Debating Settlement Form, Monumentality and Aggregation in Southern Iberian Copper Age Societies

García Sanjuán, Leo; Scarre, Chris; Wheatley, David W.

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Leo García Sanjuán

Chris Scarre

David W. Wheatley



Abstract

Study of the Iberian Copper Age has experienced a remarkable upheaval in the last two decades. The discovery in central and southwestern Iberia of a significant number of ditched enclosures, a site type almost unknown in this region until the mid 1990s, has opened up new lines of research. Particularly interesting is the existence of some exceptionally large sites. Largest of all is Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain), covering an area of 450 ha and featuring several outstanding megalithic monuments, thousands of pits and material assemblages revealing middle and long distance contacts. In this paper we discuss the implications of the Valencina mega-site for the study of settlement variability, monumentality and population aggregation as key phenomena in the rise in social complexity in Copper Age Iberia.

Citation

García Sanjuán, L., Scarre, C., & Wheatley, D. W. (2017). The Mega-Site of Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain): Debating Settlement Form, Monumentality and Aggregation in Southern Iberian Copper Age Societies. Journal of World Prehistory, 30, 239-257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-017-9107-6

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 3, 2017
Online Publication Date Aug 29, 2017
Publication Date Aug 29, 2017
Deposit Date Mar 8, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of World Prehistory
Print ISSN 0892-7537
Electronic ISSN 1573-7802
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 30
Pages 239-257
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-017-9107-6

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