In her article, Marie Kolbenstetter explores the collection of molluscs and the production of salt in the Gulf of Fonseca, bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, from roughly 550 to 1200 CE. Based on several case studies from around the Gulf, various economic models of procurement and redistribution, including centralized production and seasonal mobility, are put forward and tested. By evaluating the traces of these economic activities, Kolbenstetter gains a better understanding of the regional pattern of economic activity and the economic advantages that are offered by the Gulf of Fonseca. journal. It is our aim to publish twice a year, both online( http:// www. inter-section. nl) and in a limited number of hardcopies, with five to seven articles per edition. To further stimulate the publicity of research conducted by archaeology students, each edition will contain an overview of all undergraduate and graduate thesis titles that have been approved since the previous edition. We gladly invite everyone to distribute INTER-SECTION publications amongst their personal network and welcome students to send in proposals. Details can be found on our website.
In the last contribution, Elena Cuijpers evaluates the Greek site of Olynthus from a spatial perspective. Using the exceptional preservation of this site to her advantage, Cuijpers applies a range of macro- and micro-scale space-syntax analyses to examine the built and non-built environment and manages to provide additional perspectives on the seemingly well-known” lively streets of Olynthus”, specifically regarding matters of social activity, social control, privacy and movement through this urban environment.
Acknowledgements First and foremost, we would like to thank the contributing authors, Sander Aerts, Elena Cuijpers, Marie Kolbenstetter, Catelijne Nater and Tom de Rijk, for their enthusiasm and for sharing their excellent research with us in this second volume of INTER- SECTION. We are very thankful for the many people who have contributed and supported us, and our aims, in our last cycle towards publication. A special word of gratitude is needed for the members of the Board of the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, our Editorial Advisory Committee, the authors’ teaching referees and the anonymous reviewers for their invaluable support in making this volume possible. Furthermore, we are very grateful for the initiative taken by Dr. Geeske Langejans to organise a skill-course on academic writing for the authors of the current volume, which provided another precious and fruitful moment of feedback for the individual authors, certainly contributing to the quality of this second volume. We also would like to thank Andrew Sorensen for his kind proof-reading of this preface and English language revisions. A further thank you and welcome is wished here to Femke Reidsma, who replied positively and full of enthusiasm to our request to join our Editorial Board after the publication of our first volume last year.
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