Study of the Iberian Copper Age has experienced a remarkable upheaval in the last two decades. The discovery in central and southwestern Iberia of a significant number of ditched enclosures, a site type almost unknown in this region until the mid 1990s, has opened up new lines of research. Particularly interesting is the existence of some exceptionally large sites. Largest of all is Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain), covering an area of 450 ha and featuring several outstanding megalithic monuments, thousands of pits and material assemblages revealing middle and long distance contacts. In this paper we discuss the implications of the Valencina mega-site for the study of settlement variability, monumentality and population aggregation as key phenomena in the rise in social complexity in Copper Age Iberia.

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Valencina de laConcepción的巨型站点（西班牙塞维利亚）：辩论伊比利亚南部铜器时代社会的定居形式，纪念性和聚集

在过去的二十年中，对伊比利亚铜器时代的研究经历了一次显着的动荡。在伊比利亚中部和西南部发现了许多沟渠围墙，这种地区直到1990年代中期在该地区几乎是未知的，这开辟了新的研究领域。特别有趣的是存在一些特别大的站点。最大的博物馆是Valencina de laConcepción（西班牙塞维利亚），占地450公顷，拥有数座杰出的巨石纪念碑，成千上万个坑和材料组合，揭示了中长距离的接触。在本文中，我们讨论了瓦伦西纳（Valencina）巨型遗址对定居变异性，纪念性和人口聚集的研究的意义，这是导致铜时代伊比利亚社会复杂性上升的关键现象。