An Unexplored Realm in the Heartland of the Southern Gulf ... - Famsi

questions of causation and scope. At the same time, they led me to examine the
phenomenon from perspectives I had not previously considered.
These images raised issues that are well beyond the scope of this investigation,
but I could not help asking if the posited hypotheses of warfare, invasion, or the collapse
of a social network adequately explain this process? What other causes could contribute
to this drastic demographic change? How large an area did it affect? Regarding the
investigation of El Marquesillo, by being aware of these dynamic factors I became more
sensitive to the evidence that might concern occupational continuity and other
demographic issues.
Figure 4.20. Illustration of documented settlement sites from c. 1500-900BC
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