Catalonia and Languedoc: two case studies for the appearance of public epigraphy in the Palaeohispanic world

In this paper we’ll propose a short analysis of both the social organization and the use of writing in two neighboring areas of the Iberian world, Catalonia and Languedoc, in the late Iron Age. We’ll try to determine why a public epigraphy appeared in Catalunya but not in Languedoc.Using the world in ancient societies : processes and forms of appropriation of space in Long TimeAncient European Languages and Writing