Eras del Alcazar of Úbeda is, at this moment, one of the most important archaeological sites(places) of Andalusia,Over the last decade, a long-running archaeological project in the Guadalquivir Basin (Spain) has identified the emergence (c. 3000 BC) and collapse (between c. 2500 and c. 2300 BC) of a regional inter-settlement hierarchical system a systematic program of interdisciplinary research confirms this process and suggests a link between the emergence and collapse of the first supra-regional inter-settlement hierarchical system and the rise and decline of the copper industry.