New light on the warrior stelae from Tartessos (Spain)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1745-1744|80|307|89-101

ISSN: 0003-598x

Source: Antiquity, Vol.80, Iss.307, 2006-03, pp. : 89-101

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Abstract

The famous stelae from the Tartessos region of southern Iberia are compared with new discoveries from the Levant. Similarities of theme and iconography endorse the Phoenician connection, but show it to be more a cultural dialogue between east and west than an imposition by colonists.