Semi-legendary kingdom or chiefdom of the Atlantic coast of southwestern Iberia, known from Greek sources and archaeology, associated with rich silver trade and the mouth of the Guadalquivir River.
Disappeared suddenly around 530 BCE, most likely destroyed or fatally undermined by Carthage — either by military conflict or by severing Tartessian trade with Greece following the Battle of Alalia — after which the region came under Carthaginian control.
Classic foundational study of Tartessos by the scholar who first systematically assembled Greek and archaeological sources; historically important though some conclusions are superseded.
Landmark study of Atlantic Europe's prehistoric and early historic societies; covers Tartessos in the context of Bronze/Iron Age Atlantic networks and Phoenician contact.