摘要：The Phoenician settlements of Cerro del Villar (south of Spain) and Mozia (Sicily)
constitute two appropriate settings to analyze the processes of formation of new
identities in the western Phoenician colonial areas. The material culture of these
settlements, founded during the 8th century B.C.E., express the coexistence of
Phoenicians with various western Mediterranean populations.
The present study analyzes how the inhabitants of these colonies consciously
used their material culture to construct new identities. Architecture, technological
innovation, ritual and tableware for the service of food and drinks show a formal
homogeneity that expresses links with the metropolis and with other Phoenician
Mediterranean settlements. All these elements are highly visible and public, which
contrasts with the presence of material elements of local cultures or hybrids in the
domestic sphere, or in workshops associated with handcrafted processes already known
by the local groups. Architecture, technology, ritual and tableware were all used
actively in the construction of new identities in these settlements. These new identities
go beyond ethnicity and are the expression of social and political negotiations within
colonial spaces.
