In the necropolis of Olival do Senhor dos M?rtires (Alc?cer do Sal, Portugal) the transition to the Late Iron Age was marked by an important transformation both in burial rites and in material culture which seems to point to significant ideological, social and political changes. These changes can be compared to those documented around the same dates in other areas of the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean basin. It is in fact possible to track the emergence of warrior elites in the funerary record, a trend that could be part of an overall transition towards aristocratic political forms. The development of this new political statu quo seems to be accompanied by a reorientation of the supra-regional relations of the community of Alc?cer do Sal. This is particularly reflected in a number of convergences with the social representation formulae of the Iberian elites of the Southeast and the Levant.

La transici?n hacia la Segunda Edad del Hierro en la necr?polis del Olival do Senhor dos M?rtires (Alc?cer do Sal, Portugal) estuvo marcada por importantes transformaciones a nivel de los ritos y de los ajuares funerarios. Estos parecen se?alar cambios ideol?gicos, sociales y pol?ticos igualmente importantes, comparables con los que se documentan por las mismas fechas en otros ?mbitos peninsulares y circunmediterr?neos. Se aprecia, de hecho, la aparente afirmaci?n de ?lites guerreras, quiz?s en el marco de una transici?n hacia f?rmulas pol?ticas de tipo aristocr?tico. El desarrollo de esta nueva realidad pol?tica parece ir acompa?ado por una reordenaci?n de las relaciones suprarregionales de la comunidad de Alc?cer do Sal, como atestiguan m?ltiples convergencias con las f?rmulas de representaci?n social propias de las ?lites ?beras del Sureste y Levante peninsulares.