The study of non-hierarchical forms of social organization occupies a prominent place in the European Iron Age research. This paper explores the application of Pierre Clastres political anthropology to the study of the Iron Age. The... more
The study of non-hierarchical forms of social organization occupies a prominent place in the European Iron Age research. This paper explores the application of Pierre Clastres political anthropology to the study of the Iron Age. The approach of this study to the Iron Age focuses on the northwest of the Iberian peninsula. It was an area that experienced social changes from 1000 bc to the first century bc–first century ad, from the Bronze Age to the Roman conquest. Using the archaeological record of the northwest Iberian peninsula as a case study, the paper tries to show the potential benefits of applying Clastres’ ideas to the interpretation of European societies from the Iron Age: overcoming, thanks to the application of the concept of non-coercive power, the false and increasingly frequent image of non-hierarchical societies and introducing new ways of explaining social complexity that are not based on economic criteria.
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This article offers a general presentation of the myths and legends associated with the ancient Roman lighthouse of A Coruña (Spain) known as the Tower of Hercules. It reviews legends collected by Alfonso X in his History of Spain (the... more
This article offers a general presentation of the myths and legends associated with the ancient Roman lighthouse of A Coruña (Spain) known as the Tower of Hercules. It reviews legends collected by Alfonso X in his History of Spain (the battle between Hercules and Geryon, or invasion of the Almujuces), as well as earlier versions of them, a number of traditions with similar characteristics, and other stories related to the monument, such as the Irish tradition of the Tower of Breogan or the Iberian tale of Trezenzonius.
Combinando los criterios espacial y cronológico, la presente obra reedición muy actualizada y ampliada del famoso «La Prehistoria» de André Leroy-Gourhan nos presenta un completo panorama de nuestros conocimientos actuales sobre la... more
Combinando los criterios espacial y cronológico, la presente obra reedición muy actualizada y ampliada del famoso «La Prehistoria» de André Leroy-Gourhan nos presenta un completo panorama de nuestros conocimientos actuales sobre la Prehistoria de la ...
In recent decades, archaeological and historical research on the Iron Age in the north-western Iberian Peninsula, as in many other areas and archaeological contexts, has developed a ‘pacifist’ interpretation. This is based, among other... more
In recent decades, archaeological and historical research on the Iron Age in the north-western Iberian Peninsula, as in many other areas and archaeological contexts, has developed a ‘pacifist’ interpretation. This is based, among other aspects, upon the rejection of the functional nature of the weapons documented in the archaeological record and on the development of a hypothesis on the non-defensive nature of walls, interpreting these structures as a symbol of the community or as an indication of the cohesion of the group living in the settlement. Such an interpretation can be integrated with the idea of a pre- and proto-historic ‘pacified past’ developed after the Second World War, which considered that ‘before civilization, war was rare, ritualised, abnormal and foreign to human psychology’ and with the belief that there has been a evolutionary progression from a primitive to a civilized way of war.(Online publication September 26 2011)
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... Análisis histórico y mitológico del Catálogo de las Naves. Información General. Autores: FranciscoJavier González García; Editores: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela; Año de publicación: 1995; País: España; Idioma: Español; ISBN... more
... Análisis histórico y mitológico del Catálogo de las Naves. Información General. Autores: FranciscoJavier González García; Editores: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela; Año de publicación: 1995; País: España; Idioma: Español; ISBN : 84-8121-333-0. Otros catálogos. ...
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... Hazañas de héroes, ¿historia de hombres?: el héroe griego, mitología y ritual, entre la épica, la historia y el surgimiento de la polis. Autores: Francisco Javier González García; Localización: Gallaecia, ISSN 0211-8653, Nº 13, 1992 ,... more
... Hazañas de héroes, ¿historia de hombres?: el héroe griego, mitología y ritual, entre la épica, la historia y el surgimiento de la polis. Autores: Francisco Javier González García; Localización: Gallaecia, ISSN 0211-8653, Nº 13, 1992 , págs. 215-259. Fundación Dialnet. ...
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For a long time, approaches concerning the emergence of the Iron Age in social and political terms have been largely based upon a rather linear evolutionary perspective, where the development of complexity was what had to be expected and... more
For a long time, approaches concerning the emergence of the Iron Age in social and political terms have been largely based upon a rather linear evolutionary perspective, where the development of complexity was what had to be expected and where change, whatever its ...
... Celtismo e historiografía en Galicia: en busca de los celtas perdidos. Autores: Francisco JavierGonzález García; Localización: Los pueblos de la Galicia céltica / coord. por Francisco JavierGonzález García, 2007, ISBN 84-460-2260-5 ,... more
... Celtismo e historiografía en Galicia: en busca de los celtas perdidos. Autores: Francisco JavierGonzález García; Localización: Los pueblos de la Galicia céltica / coord. por Francisco JavierGonzález García, 2007, ISBN 84-460-2260-5 , págs. 9-130. Fundación Dialnet. ...
Page 1. Page 2. Page 3. AKAL/ORIENTE 5 Mesopotamia Page 4. Diseño interior y cubierta: RAG Titulo original: Lorsque les dieux faisaient l'homme. Mythologie mésopotamienne Reservados todos los derechos. De acuerdo a lo... more
Page 1. Page 2. Page 3. AKAL/ORIENTE 5 Mesopotamia Page 4. Diseño interior y cubierta: RAG Titulo original: Lorsque les dieux faisaient l'homme. Mythologie mésopotamienne Reservados todos los derechos. De acuerdo a lo dispuesto en el art. ...
... FJ González García Santiago de Compostela, mayo del 2005 6 Page 8. Han participado en la presente obra como autores de los distintos capítulos: Álvaro Arizaga Castro Arqueólogo. Licenciado en Historia por la Universidade de Santiago... more
... FJ González García Santiago de Compostela, mayo del 2005 6 Page 8. Han participado en la presente obra como autores de los distintos capítulos: Álvaro Arizaga Castro Arqueólogo. Licenciado en Historia por la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. ...
JC BERMEJO BARRERA IF. J. GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA / S. REBOREDA MORILLO LOS ORÍGENES DE LA MITOLOGIA GRIEGA -akal-Page 2. ... JC Bermejo Barrera, FJ González García y S. Reboreda Morillo, 1996 © Ediciones Akal, SA 1996 Los Berrocales del Jarama... more
JC BERMEJO BARRERA IF. J. GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA / S. REBOREDA MORILLO LOS ORÍGENES DE LA MITOLOGIA GRIEGA -akal-Page 2. ... JC Bermejo Barrera, FJ González García y S. Reboreda Morillo, 1996 © Ediciones Akal, SA 1996 Los Berrocales del Jarama Apdo. ...