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Map of Middle Bronze Age Cultures c.1500 BC |
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Bronze technology had been championed in early Bronze Age Iberia by the Los Millares civilisation of the Mediterranean south coast, but this was swallowed up by the Bell Beaker-inspired Argaric culture around 1800 BC. From the centre of this highly stratified Indo-European society, bronze technology spread out to other areas of Iberia, most notably to the South-West Iberian Bronze culture (emergent around 1900 BC), and the Cogotas culture of the central Iberian plateau (emergent around 1700 BC), that region's first unifying culture. The Vila Nova de São Pedro (or VNSP) Chalcolithic culture in south-western Portugal seems to have avoided the adoption of bronze tools, remaining Chalcolithic in nature for quite some time after bronze had become fairly universal in Iberia. The Montelavar Group is more obscure, while the Levantine Bronze Age zone may have acted as a trading funnel between the Argaric and the Cogotas. A clickable version of this map is available for desktop displays. To select a tribe or territory for further information, click on its name or anywhere within its borders.
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