A characteristically well-informed, erudite chapter by Margarita Díaz-Andreu reviews the development of archaeological theory in Gilman's American and British education and Iberian-American career. This luxurious book is composed mainly of papers delivered at a session in honor of distinguished Hispano-American archaeologist Antonio Gilman at the 2018 European Association of Archaeologists annual meeting in Barcelona. The scene for illuminating Gilman's principal contributions is set by Tim Earle and Kristian Kristiansen, who stress the role of "decentralized complexity" in the Germanic Mode of Production that characterized the European Bronze Age. [Extracted from the article]