Inferring Social Change from Archaeological Survey Data: Monte Bonifato and Calatubo as a Case Study

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Recent archaeological survey at Monte Bonifato and Calatubo, two prominent sites in western Sicily, has facilitated a comparative study of the two sites via artifacts recovered from surface contexts. Settlement patterns, land-use, pottery production methods, and artifact-class densities are discussed, demonstrating the variety and scale of social transformation at and between each site. The results of this material culture study suggest occupation alternated between the two sites intermittently over a long period. We interpret this mobility as the result of patterns of socio-political stabilization and destabilization coupled with an increase in social, technological, and economic complexity over time.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23613