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Informationen zum Autor Robert Chapman, Vicente Lull, Marina Picazo y Ma. Encarna Sanahuja Klappentext At the heart of Emerging Complexity is the thesis that complex societies developed independently during the Copper and Bronze Ages in south-east Spain. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Two tribes: questions of theory, scale and explanation; 2. Hello, goodbye: Iberian prehistory and traditional archaeology; 3. Another one bites the dust: the implications of the absolute chronology; 4. Getting better: south-east Spain, the cultural framework 5000-500 BC; 5. Dancin' in the dark? Adaptation and intensification in south-east Spain; 6. Centrefield: recent models of intensification and cultural change in south-east Spain; 7. Into the groove: system scale and technological innovation in south-east Spain; 8. Out of reach? Complexity, interaction and integration in south-east Spain; 9. Eliminator: models and the archaeological record in south-east Spain; 10. Strong persuader: intensification and interaction in Iberia and the west Mediterranean; 11. With or without you: variability, evaluation and complexity.