Resumen de Emblems and spaces of power during the Argaric Bronze Age at La Almoloya: Murcia

Vicenç Lull Santiago, Cristina Rihuete Herrada, Robert Risch, Bárbara Bonora, Eva Celdrán Beltrán, María Inés Fregeiro Morador, Claudia Molero, Adrià Moreno, Camila Oliart Caravatti, Carlos Velasco Felipe, Lourdes Andúgar Martínez, Vanessa Villalba, Rafael Micó Pérez

• The recent discovery of an exceptionally rich grave at La Almoloya in south-eastern Spain illuminates the political context of Early Bronze Age El Argar society. The quantity, variety and opulence of the grave goods emphasise the technological, economic and social dimensions of this unique culture. The assemblage includes politically and ideologically emblematic objects, among which a silver diadem stands out. Of equally exceptional character is the building under which the grave was found—possibly one of the first Bronze Age palaces identified in Western Europe. The architecture and artefacts from La Almoloya provide new insight into emblematic individuals and the exercise of power in societies of marked economic asymmetry.