causal hypothesis · hyp_iberia1_colonial_local_agency
Local-agency model for early colonial interaction
Early Phoenician-associated settlement and exchange were co-produced by mobile or resident newcomers and active indigenous communities.
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Research assessment
statement
Early Phoenician-associated settlement and exchange were co-produced by mobile or resident newcomers and active indigenous communities.proposed mechanism
Local settlements incorporated people, goods and practices selectively while maintaining agriculture, architecture and social networks.chronology test
The model predicts mixed contexts and continuity around ninth-century contact horizons rather than complete replacement layers.geography test
It should fit Huelva, Gadir and Strait-adjacent communities differently according to local settlement history.supporting evidence
Huelva chronology, plural Gadir models and Kach Kouch continuity support negotiated interaction.Research description
Local settlements incorporated people, goods and practices selectively while maintaining agriculture, architecture and social networks.
Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · supports
The Phoenician diaspora in the westernmost Mediterranean: recent discoveries — José Suárez-Padilla, Víctor Jiménez-Jáimez, José L. Caro (2021)Provides early mixed settlement evidence.
Locator: pp. 1495–1510 - supports · supports
Gadir, su estructura plural. Un modo de ver su fundación fenicia en el espacio y en el tiempo — Diego Ruiz Mata (2018)Supports spatial and temporal plurality.
Locator: plural foundation model - supports · supports
Rethinking late prehistoric Mediterranean Africa: architecture, farming and materiality at Kach Kouch, Morocco — Hamza Benattia, Youssef Bokbot, Jorge Onrubia-Pintado, Meryem Benerradi, Bouchra Bougariane, Bouchra Bouhamidi, Jared Carballo-Pérez, Othman Echcherif-Baamrani, Asmae Elqably, Noufel Ghayati, Hassan Hachami, Mohamed Kbiri-Alaoui, Raluca Lazarescu, Lorena Lombardi, Giulio Lucarini, Rafael M. Martínez-Sánchez, Marta Mateu-Sagés, Pau Menéndez-Molist, Ignacio Montero-Ruiz, Zayd Ouakrim, Guillem Pérez-Jordà, Moad Radi, Joan Ramon-Torres, Eric Sobrevia-Corral, Tachfine Touri, Cyprian Broodbank (2025)Provides local continuity across the contact horizon.
Locator: pp. 354–374
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