Different forms of social inequality in Bronze Age Italy

The development of forms of inequality in mainland Italy is analyzed for the periods between the Early Bronze Age and the beginning of Late Bronze Age.Basically about a millenium (ca 2200 -1150 B.C.) during a which a trend towardsmore structured and hierarchical forms of social and political organization can be observed. In this perspective, the earliest forms of inequality based on estabilished forms of economic differentation, and not only on rank are visible at thereshold of the Recent Bronze Age in some regions.

Il contributo analizza le diverse forme di diseguaglianza sociale a partire dal Bronzo Antico fino al Bronzo Recente in Italia continentale (ca 2200 - 1150 a.C.).. Una crescente ariicolazione è riconoscibile attraverso questo periodo, ma solo nel Bronzo Recente sono riconoscibili dislivelli sociali basati su differenti concentrazioni di beni economici, e no più fondati esclusivamente sul rango.