Social Complexity in Copper Age Southern Iberia (ca. 3200–2200 Cal b.c.)

In the last three decades, the Iberian Copper Age or Chalcolithic (ca. 3200–2200 cal b.c.) has probably been the period that has generated more scientific controversy within southern Iberian Late Prehistory. The diversity of theoretical approaches applied, the wealth of problems under discussion, and the constant opposition of interpretations aimed at explaining the ever-growing base of empirical evidence have bestowed the Iberian Copper Age with a scientific debate of broad epistemological implications and crucial repercussions for the understanding of third-millennium Western Europe.