Subsistence and social stratification in northern Ionic Calabria from the Middle Bronze Age until the Early Iron Age. The archaeozoological evidence

PhD ceremony: Mr. S.C. Elevelt, 12.45 uur, Academiegebouw, Broerstraat 5, Groningen

Dissertation: Subsistence and social stratification in northern Ionic Calabria from the Middle Bronze Age until the Early Iron Age. The archaeozoological evidence

Promotor(s): prof. P.A.J. Attema

Faculty: Arts

Stefan Elevelt’s PhD research aims to reconstruct subsistence strategies of three settlements in the Sibaritide, South Italy, from the Middle Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age (ca. 1700 - 700 BC). In this thesis, questions on the relationship between strategies of animal exploitation and other economic activities are addressed while taking into account factors such as settlement expansion, population growth and the productive potential of site territories. Moreover it discusses the role of animals in community life from a social perspective, both of wild and domesticated species. The focus of this thesis is a number of archaeozoological datasets from three sites in the Sibaritide: Broglio di Trebisacce, Timpone della Motta and Torre Mordillo. The two Apulian casestudies (Coppa Nevigata and Rocavecchia) are presented in order evaluate the applicability of the changes in the subsistence strategies proposed for the Sibaritide.