7 4   km ▁ ▁north ▁of ▁Pal ermo ) ▁his ▁exc av ation ▁of ▁the ▁cit adel , ▁the ▁most ▁perfectly ▁preserved ▁fort ification ▁of ▁the ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁in ▁Italy ▁or ▁Sic ily , ▁discovered ▁the ▁first ▁evidence ▁of ▁native ▁stone ▁sculpt ure ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁area . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁La ▁M uc ul uf a , ▁But era ▁( sl ight ly ▁in land ▁from ▁the ▁south ▁coast ▁of ▁Sic ily ) ▁he ▁discovered ▁a ▁federal ▁san ctu ary ▁of ▁the ▁Early ▁Bron ze ▁Age , ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁be ▁documented . ▁ ▁A ▁Fest schrift , ▁Ko ine ▁: ▁Mediter rane an ▁studies ▁in ▁honor ▁of ▁R . ▁Ross ▁H ollow ay ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁his ▁honor ▁in ▁▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁▁▁▁ ▁The ▁editor ' s ▁pre face ▁summar izes ▁his ▁career : ▁H ollow ay ' s ▁recognition ▁of ▁the ▁significance ▁of ▁tradition ally ▁under app reci ated ▁ind igen ous ▁cult ures ▁within ▁the ▁wider ▁milieu ▁of ▁trans - Ital ian ▁and ▁trans - Med iter rane an ▁contact ▁has ▁provided ▁a ▁framework ▁within ▁which ▁many ▁later ▁studies ▁have ▁been ▁situated ▁( e . g ., ▁the ▁contributions ▁by ▁Hus sein , ▁Ts ak ir g is , ▁and ▁Mc Con nell ▁in ▁this ▁volume ). ▁Today , ▁such ▁thinking ▁is ▁central ▁to ▁in numerable ▁discuss ions ▁of ▁economic , ▁dem ographic ▁and ▁social ▁complexity ▁of ▁the ▁Mediter rane an . ▁And ▁yet , ▁the ▁very ▁u bi qu ity ▁of