RT Journal Article
T1 Social change and metalworking in the early iron age: an approach from north-west Iberia
A1 Nión Álvarez, Samuel
A1 González García, Francisco Javier
K1 Social change
K1 Early Iron Age
K1 Iberia
K1 Metalworking
K1 A Coruña
AB This paper analyses social transformations in the Early Iron Age based on a holistic and longue durée approach applied to the first fortified habitats in the Iberian north-west. Through a comprehensive review of two paradigmatic settlements of the EIA in the province of A Coruña (Galicia, north-west Iberia), Punta de Muros and A Graña, a comparison is drawn between the social and territorial dynamics of this period by means of an in-depth analysis of the main characteristics of both settlements.Accordingly, a greater level of social complexity during the phases of occupation of the settlement of Punta de Muros has been identified, in contrast to the resistance to change observed in A Graña. Based on these conclusions, the role of metalworking and its symbolic value in fostering and legitimizing these social and territorial transformations and in the development of Iron Age communities are analysed
PB Wiley
SN 0262-5253
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30735
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30735
LA eng
NO Nión-Álvarez, S., and González García, F. J. (2023) SOCIAL CHANGE AND METALWORKING IN THE EARLY IRON AGE: AN APPROACH FROM NORTH-WEST IBERIA. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 42: 50– 70. https://doi.org/10.1111/ojoa.12262
DS Minerva
RD 23 abr 2026