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Assessing early social complexity in the Late Prehistory of Southern Iberia: Spatial technologies applied to the study of chalcolithic walled and ditched enclosures

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON    more  Organization address address: Highfield city: SOUTHAMPTON postcode: SO17 1BJ contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Yan Cognome: Qiao Email: send email Telefono: +44 2380 593907 Fax: +44 7801 432195
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	221˙606 €
EC contributo	221˙606 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-09-01   -   2015-08-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON  Organization address address: Highfield city: SOUTHAMPTON postcode: SO17 1BJ contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Yan Cognome: Qiao Email: send email Telefono: +44 2380 593907 Fax: +44 7801 432195	UK (SOUTHAMPTON)	coordinator	221˙606.40

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Some of the most impressive prehistoric archaeological sites in the European continent, some exceeding 100ha in size, have been discovered in recent decades in southern Iberia. Referred to as 'ditched enclosures', these date to the Chalcolithic/Copper Age (4th-3rd millennia BC) and generally consist of a sub-circular or oval flat area, usually surrounded by a series of ditches. Partially contemporary with Iberian ditched sites are 'walled enclosures', smaller areas surrounded by one or more lines of stone based walls with adjacent 'bastions' and 'towers'. Most Iberian archaeologists have considered walled and ditched enclosures as the earliest evidence for fortified, permanently occupied settlements, inhabited by sedentary farming communities. Additionally, Iberian chalcolithic enclosures are the empirical basis of hypotheses which defend that southern Iberia saw the emergence of the earliest 'state societies' in prehistoric Europe during the III millennium BC. In the last ten years, however, by questioning whether walled and ditched enclosures were indeed 'fortified settlements', several authors have challenged these claims, making this one of the most controversial topics in the archaeology of Iberia and of profound relevance to the whole continent. The proposed project, with a duration of 24 months, will make use of spatial approaches and GIS to analyse Iberian walled and ditched enclosures and compare them with contemporary European sites. This will give us a clearer idea of the nature of Iberian enclosures, as well as the social processes responsible for the construction of such monumental structures, shedding some light on the beginnings of social complexity in Western Europe. In order to achieve the project's objectives, the fellow will first complete postgraduate taught modules in Archaeological GIS and Social Archaeology at the University of Southampton.'