Atlantic Europe in the First Millennium BC

Abstract

Throughout, these chapters provide a plurality of theoretical approaches, techniques and methodologies representing a cross section of current research in Western Europe. The intention of this volume is not to espouse a particular theoretical paradigm or represent a coherent singular narrative, but instead to illustrate the variation in approaches whilst fostering dialogue and comparison between regions, research traditions and theoretical stances. The volume is, we hope, just one step along a path to increased dialogue and engagement within and between European first millennium BC studies. Bringing together such a volume is a complex task and we are extremely grateful for the advice and support provided by a number of colleagues, in particular Colin Haselgrove, Richard Hingley and Margarita Díaz-Andreu. We are also extremely grateful to a range of anonymous expert referees who graciously gave their time to read and comment on each of the contributions and to two anonymous referees who gave helpful advice on the original proposal for the volume. The conference, from which this volume has developed, was held at

A Vasconic inscription on a bronze hand: writing and rituality in the Iron Age Irulegi settlement in the Ebro Valley

“…Beginning in the Late Bronze Age (late second and early first millennia BC), the social landscape of large parts of Europe was defined by an increasing tendency towards the occupation of elevated, easily defendable terrain (Collis 1989;Cunliffe 2005;Moore & Armada 2011;Armada & Grau-Mira 2018). This trend is also visible in the Iberian Peninsula, including the western Pyrenees and the middle-upper Ebro Valley, particularly from the eighth century BC onwards (Ruiz-Zapatero 1985;Lorrio 2005;Torres-Martínez 2011;Almagro-Gorbea 2014).…”