Population aggregation and social change in Macalón (Nerpio, Albacete). Formation and evolution of a complex settlement during the 7th-5th centuries
Abstract
In this work I relate certain archaeological elements of Macalón (Nerpio, Albacete) with changes in personal appearance, production, consumption and ritual. Its analysis allows me to talk about forms of social distinction and changes in the control of the economy, force and ideology, which I consider key to explaining the population aggregation and the development of this prominent settlement during the ancient Iron Age.
This process is framed in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, a space characterized by processes of cultural contact, transformation of settlement patterns and interconnection of supra-regional exchange networks. The failure of this process in Macalón during the s. V ane enables me to identify a process of aggregation that was followed by another of dispersion and decentralization, pointing out a non-linear evolution in this territory.
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