Protohistoric Archaeology in the Iberian Peninsula

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Lectures combined with theoretical-practical content, using images and class discussions of texts and research carried out by students. Whenever possible, a continuous review and interactivity with the students through quizzes, discussions in the classroom and presentation of papers. Otherwise, tests on lecture material will have to be given.

Learning Outcomes

This class will give an overview of the dynamics and cultural processes of the peninsular communities between the end of the 2nd and 1st millenia B.C., from a standpoint of its organization and operation as well as in terms of its construction, space, artefacts, art, rituals and symbols. The endogenous changes and results from the contact and interaction with the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Continental worlds will be analyzed. The goal of the class is to provide students with a broad vision of the proto-historic peninsular communities and their structure, evolution, transformation and cultural distinctions.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The construction of proto-historic peninsular archaeology
1.1. Concepts, methodologies and periodizations
1.2. The Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic
1.3. The Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean
1.4. The Iberian Peninsula and the European continent beyond the Pyrenees
2. Peninsular communities of the Late Bronze age
2.1. Periods of resistance and contacts
2.2. The Northeast and the Urn fields
2.3. The Inner Plateau and Cogotas I
2.4. The western atlantic facade
3. The configuation of the "cultural landscapes" of the Western Iberian Iron Age
3.1. The millenium of all the changes
3.2. The Phoenician presence and influence
3.3. Tartesso and its cultural geography
3.4. The Northwest and the castro world
3.5. The pre-roman lusitanian world

3.6. The Northwest and the Castro societies
3.7. The Lusitanian world between evidence, misconceptions and nationalism

Head Lecturer(s)

Alexandre Jorge Florêncio Caniço Cordeiro Canha

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Oral defense of the synthesis work: 10.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Frequency: 60.0%

Bibliography

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ALARCÃO, J. & BARROCA, M., coord. (2012), Dicionário de Arqueologia Portuguesa, Figueirinhas, Porto.
ALMAGRO-GORBEA, M. (ed.) (2014), Protohistoria de la Península Ibérica: del Neolítico a la Romanización,
Universidad de Burgos, Fundación Atapuerca.
AUBET, M. E. (2009), Tiro y las colonias fenicias de Occidente, Barcelona, Bellaterra Arqueología.
CELESTINO, S. e BAQUEDANO E., eds. (2023), Los Últimos Días de Tarteso, MAP, Madrid.
GONZÁLEZ-RUIBAL, A. (2006-2007), Galaicos. Poder y comunidad en el Noroeste de la Península Ibérica
(1200 a.C.-50 d.C.), A Coruña.
GRACIA, F., coord. (2008), De Iberia a Hispania, Madrid, Ariel.
SÁNCHEZ-MORENO et al. (2013), Protohistoria y Antigüedad de la Península Ibérica. vol. I., Madrid, Sílex
ediciones.
VILAÇA, R. (2006), Proto-História Peninsular, FLUC.