March
12
/ 2020
The El Argar society thrived in complex hilltop settlements across the Iberian Peninsula from 2200-1550 BC, and gravesites and settlement layouts from the time provide strong evidence of a marked social hierarchy. Now scientists studying skeletal evidence have discovered the shocking extent of the inequality within this ancient civilization. The study provides insights into a major, yet mysterious Bronze Age civilization that once flourished in what is modern Spain. Mysterious Bronze Age Society The study involved examining the skeletal remains of members of the El Argar society. This was a sophisticated culture that dominated much of the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula and is considered to be “among the first complex societies in Europe,” according to PLOSONE. The agricultural society
