The use of archaeometric methods has contributed to modify the image coined by traditional archaeology in relationship to the emergence of the first complex societies in the South East of the Iberian Peninsula. This article discusses the application of pollinic and archaeometallurgic analysis in reference to the new theoretical formulations with regard to the appearance or the Chalcolithic in the above-mentioned area.
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