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Argaric

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to an early Bronze Age culture based in present-day Almería, Spain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 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.
  • 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).

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History

Etymology

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

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  • Spanish: argárico — pertaining to an early Bronze Age culture of Spain