A LDB e as instituições de educação infantil: desafios e perspectivas

Abstract

This paper has two basic motives. On the one hand, there is a reflection on the reality of the bell-beaker problem as a European historical process, questioning its significance and the analysing various opinions thereon. On the other hand the peculiarities of the Basque case are examined. Within the bell-beaker period, we can distinguish two consecutive sagas in rapid succesion, both of which are present in the Basque Country, each belonging to a different cultural organization and maintaining contacts with various geographical regions (Brittany, Languedoc, Central Europe, the Northern Submeseta, the Ebro Valley). We affirm, in conclusión, that the bell-beaker phenomenon should be integrated as one more element in the dynamic cultural development which took place between the Upper Neolithic and the consolidation of the complex societies of the Bronze Age. In this way, we believe, a more correct interpretation of the process can be obtained.