An indigenous pottery production strategy in the late Early Bronze Age site of Mursia, Pantelleria, Italy. Perspectives on social complexity and indigenous interaction patterns (original) (raw)

Abstract

A first analysis of the pottery production from Mursia was carried on in the 60s by Tozzi, followed by other typological studies aimed to understand both chronological development of the settlement dynamics and Rodì-Tindari-Vallelunga (RTV) morpho-stylistic patterns. Archaeometric analysis on some samples from the site have been carried on only recently to infer differences in technology in between RTV and Castelluccio productions. It is worth to note the absence of specific studies addressed to the comprehension of the social organization of production first, as a preliminary step towards a better understanding of material patterns of technological changes in between different communities. The results presented in this paper show first the existence of well-defined "islander" pottery production. It seems to own specific technological features and, as spatial analysis results showed, it is related to a dynamic and articulated social context development.

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