causal hypothesis · hyp_mediterranean_exchange_reorganization_not_single_invasion
Mediterranean exchange reorganized through multiple local processes
The changing coastal networks of Marmarica, Utica, Carthage, and the western Maghreb emerged through local continuity, craft and exchange reorganization, and selective migration rather than one uniform invasion wave.
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The changing coastal networks of Marmarica, Utica, Carthage, and the western Maghreb emerged through local continuity, craft and exchange reorganization, and selective migration rather than one uniform invasion wave.Evidence and sources
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- informs · provides archaeological observation
Marsa Matruh I: The Excavation — White, Donald, Gardner, Rita, Hulin, Linda (2002)Shows complex exchange before the early Iron Age.
Locator: Late Bronze Age multi-regional assemblage - informs · provides archaeological observation
Rethinking late prehistoric Mediterranean Africa: architecture, farming and materiality at Kach Kouch, Morocco — Benattia, Hamza, Bokbot, Youssef, Onrubia-Pintado, Jorge, Benerradi, Meryem, Bougariane, Bouchra, Bouhamidi, Bouchra, Carballo-Pérez, Jared, Echcherif-Baamrani, Othman, Elqably, Asmae, Ghayati, Noufel, Hachami, Hassan, Kbiri-Alaoui, Mohamed, Lazarescu, Raluca, Lombardi, Lorena, Lucarini, Giulio, Martínez-Sánchez, Rafael M., Mateu-Sagés, Marta, Menéndez-Molist, Pau, Montero-Ruiz, Ignacio, Ouakrim, Zayd, Pérez-Jordà, Guillem, Radi, Moad, Ramon-Torres, Joan, Sobrevia-Corral, Eric, Touri, Tachfine, Broodbank, Cyprian (2025)Shows local continuity with selective adoption of external practices.
Locator: KK2 and KK3 transition - informs · provides archaeological observation
La colonización fenicia inicial en el Mediterráneo Central: nuevas excavaciones arqueológicas en Utica (Túnez) — López Castro, José L., Ferjaoui, Ahmed, Mederos Martín, Alfredo, Martínez Hahnmüller, Víctor, Ben Jerbania, Imed (2016)Shows a mixed early settlement assemblage.
Locator: Early Utica deposit