Description:‘The work of R. Liceras is totally original. In fact, it is one of the few works that investigate questions of gender, ethnicity and power relations in the pre-Roman world of central Iberian Peninsula. As a specialist on the Iron Age of central Spain, I think it is a very remarkable work, because it renews old-fashioned ideas and standardises the currently existing information.’ Dr Jesús A. Arenas-Esteban, Universidad a Distancia de Madrid ‘The Iron Age in central Iberia has a century-long research tradition, but there are no alternative accounts beyond the stagnant and hackneyed culture-historical readings, based on descriptions and not daring to make interpretations in social, political and symbolic terms. The book is timely and represents an important contribution, with more nuanced and better-informed assessments than most of the available archaeological narratives.’ Dr Antonio Blanco-González, Universidad de Salamanca.