Settlement organization and distribution in Bronze Age Sardinia: utilizing cumulative viewshed analysis and spatial statistics in the Sulcis Plain

Nuraghi are ubiquitous in the Bronze Age Sardinian landscape, but the reasons for their distribution and wider function remain poorly understood. Here, we evaluate the argument that these megalithic fortified towers were situated for visual control and thus represent nodes of political or coercive p...

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Main Authors: Rothenberg, M, Leppard, TP, Weitzel, E, Murphy, EA
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2024