Making and Meaning in the Bronze and Iron Ages

Lucía Ruano Posada is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lisbon (UNIARQ), specialising in Iron Age and later prehistoric archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula. Her research focuses particularly on domestic architecture, household organisation, earthen building technologies, and the socio-technical dynamics of settlement spaces, drawing on geoarchaeology, ethnoarchaeology, archaeometry, and spatial analysis. She has contributed actively to international scholarly networks and UISPP activities, including the organisation of conference sessions and edited publications.Dirk Brandherm is Reader in Prehistoric Archaeology at Queen’s University Belfast, specialising in the Chalcolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages of Atlantic Europe and the Mediterranean. His research addresses later prehistoric social change, chronology and scientific dating, metallurgy, and the archaeometric study of material culture, with a particular interest in exchange and connectivity. He has led and contributed to numerous international collaborative projects and currently serves as President of the UISPP Metal Ages Commission.Luis Berrocal-Rangel is Professor of Prehistory at the Autonomous University of Madrid, where he also serves as Head of the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology. A leading specialist in Iberian Iron Age and Hispano-Celtic archaeology, his research encompasses settlement archaeology, protohistoric architecture, fortified landscapes, identity, and cultural interaction across Iberia. He combines extensive fieldwork with broader theoretical perspectives on social complexity and has long been involved in international research collaborations and UISPP initiatives.

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• Editors’ Foreword – Lucía Ruano Posada, Dirk Brandherm and Luis Berrocal-Rangel Thematic Session: Chronological Methods and their Correlation in the Metal AgesLa cronologia dell’antica età del Bronzo tra Lombardia orientale e Veneto occidentale: dalle datazioni assolute dendrocronologiche e radiocarboniche alla tipocronologia dei materiali – Marco Baioni, Federica Gonzato, Cristina Longhi, Claudia Mangani and Nicoletta MartinelliBronze Age dates from the archaeological site of Sa Osa – Cabras – Anna Depalmas, Carmine Lubritto, Rita T. Melis, Mark Pearce and Alessandro UsaiThe Early Bronze Age settlement of Asparn-Schletz/Lower Austria. A site in the light of quantitative methods – Elisabeth RammerDynamics of Bronze Age upland settlement in Ireland and Northern Britain in a comparative perspective: Irish results to date – Cherie Edwards General Session: Current Research in the Metal AgesOn ne naît pas femme : on meurt comme telle. Sex, gender and personhood in the Early Bronze Age – Sabrina N. AutenriethNew research on prehistoric fortifications in Austria – Results of the Dietenberg excavations in Styria – Florian Mauthner and Klaus SchindlUnderwater hillforts: Assessing the opportunities and challenges of flood-prone archaeological sites – Pablo Paniego Díaz, Lucía Ruano Posada, Iratxe Boneta Jiménez and Timoteo Rivera JiménezTanners and leatherworkers in ancient Iberian society (6th–2nd centuries BC). A social approach to production – Pablo S. Harding-VeraExploring domestic economies through network analysis: The case of El Castrejón de Capote – Lucía Ruano Posada, Luis Berrocal-Rangel, Pablo Paniego Díaz, Pablo Sánchez de Oro and Nerea Dacosta MenéndezThe ancient horizon in the Iberian world of the region of Murcia. The formation and emergence of a new culture through the reception of Greek pottery – José Fenoll Cascales, Jesús Robles Moreno and José Miguel García CanoLe dinamiche preistoriche dell’entroterra della Sicilia occidentale legate al Mediterraneo – Angelo Vintaloro