Argaric

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Etymology

From El Argar (archaeological site in southeastern Spain) +‎ -ic; compare Spanish argárico.

Adjective

Argaric (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to an early Bronze Age culture based in present-day Almería, Spain.
    • 1983, Robert C. Knapp, Roman Córdoba, Classical Studies, Volume 30, University of California Press, page 4,
      In Andalucía no Argaric settlements have been found, although finds from graves provide examples of pottery and work in metal.
    • 2018, Gonzalo Aranda Jiménez, “Chapter 15: Untangling Bronze Age Warfare: The Case of Argaric Society”, in Andrea Dolfini, Rachel J. Crellin, Christian Horn, Marion Uckelmann, editors, Prehistoric Warfare and Violence, Springer, page 337:
      A critical review of the empirical evidence does not confirm the accepted orthodoxy, namely, that widespread warfare was the root cause of the development of Argaric social complexity.
    • 2021, Borja Legarra Herrero, Chapter 3: From systems of power to networks of knowledge: the nature of El Argar culture, Lin Foxhall (editor), Interrogating Networks, Casemate Publishers (Oxbow Books), page 51,
      Traditionally, it was thought that Argaric society reached its zenith around 1750–1550 BC (Lull 1983; Aranda Jiménez et al. 2015), a moment in which Argaric sites appear across most of southeastern Spain (Fig. 3.1).

Synonyms

  • (pertaining to an early Bronze Age culture of Spain): El Argar (attributive use)

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