Urban landscapes in Iron Age Iberia: New Approaches for a Comparative Anatomy

Urban Landscapes in Iron Age Iberia provides an up-to-date synthesis on the urbanism of Iron Age hillforts and oppida of Iberia.The emergence of large and complex fortified settlements is a characteristic phenomenon of the period between the Late Iron Age and the expansion of the Roman Empire (4th-1st centuries BC) in extensive areas of Central and Western Europe.In this geographical context the Iberian Peninsula has a key position between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.A vast Spanish and Portuguese scientific literature has revealed a very diverse scenario with different paths for the development of complex urbanism, in some cases presenting clear alternatives to the Mediterranean models introduced by Phoenician-Punic, Greek, and Roman influence.The book integrates a series of novel contributions from across Iberian archaeology, with an explicit examination of urban structures using a rigorous multidisciplinary approach.Together they demonstrate the potential value and relevance o