STATE, LANDSCAPE AND SOCIETY IN THE ANCIENT IBERIAN PERIOD IN THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS OF THE UPPER GUADALQUIVIR (6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.)
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The formation of Iberian society is the result of a combination of factors that took place over a long period of time, reaching its peak around the 7th to 6th centuries BC. In the case of the communities that inhabited the upper Guadalquivir, although with territorial peculiarities, the various studies carried out have served to establish settlement patterns that are fundamental for understanding the organisation of the territory during the Iberian Formative Period. This paper presents an updated analysis of this issue, thanks to recent fieldwork carried out in the municipality of Cazorla, which has made it possible to identify previously unexplored areas, and to the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). On the basis of the results obtained, it has been possible to postulate new approaches that complement those already established and reinforce the complexity of a population network that goes beyond the oppidum as the sole catalyst of the surrounding landscape.