Reflexiones en torno al estudio de la economía en Prehistoria

It is our goal, in historical research, to understand societies, how those were organized and administered themselves. We believe, as we want to make clear in the lines of this paper, that the economy is the most social expression of a society and, therefore, the analysis of a given economy is the most appropriate way to approach to its knowledge. In this paper we disentangle what economy is, abandoning old ideas and guiding us by the current economic science; in addition to outline at the same time some of the questions and thoughts that we need to ponder to understand the economic system of the societies being studied.