Bridging cultures: networks in the Strait of Sicily (2014-2018)
The reconstruction of the commercial and cultural interaction across the Strait of Sicily between the VI and II centuries BC (doctoral research by Andrea Perugini).
Over the last 20 years, quite a few coastal sites on the Strait of Sicily have been thoroughly investigated archaeologically, resulting in sometimes extremely detailed final publications, but nearly always in isolation, on site or micro region level. Understanding the meso-regional level of the Strait of Sicily has never been attempted, mainly because the different cultures and countries involved. Still, such a study is feasible and even timely. Comparing a selection of these well-studied sites (both Punic and Greek) under a strict set of parameters and using 'network theory' as an encompassing framework, will lead to an understanding of the measure of interaction and mobility across the Strait.