Bronze Age settlement patterns in Dorgali municipality (Sardinia) Spanedda, Liliana Cámara Serrano, Juan Antonio Salas Herrera, Fernando Enrique Cerdeña Sardinia Sardegna Edad del Bronce Bronze Age Età del Bronzo Cultura nurágica Nuragic Culture Cultura nuragica Patrón de asentamiento Settlement pattern Sistema insediativo Análisis multivariante Multivariate Analysis Analisi multivariata This paper discusses settlement patterns in Dorgali municipality during Bronze Age based upon three analyses using the positional values of domestic sites. Different settlement classifications have been obtained by Multivariate Statistical Analysis. Some of our initial hypotheses have been tested through an examination of the differences among the settlements. The sites are always situated in places where territorial control is possible. However, while the location of some settlements enables the territory as a whole to be controlled, other settlements only attempt to control the fertile land, pastures and ways. This hierarchical system with centre and peripheries is found from the Early Bronze Age, as shown by the differences among the protonuraghi. 2021-03-25T08:15:39Z 2021-03-25T08:15:39Z 2010 journal article SPANEDDA, L., CÁMARA SERRANO, J.A., SALAS HERRERA, F.E. (2010): Bronze Age settlement patterns in Dorgali municipality (Sardinia), Rivista di Scienze Preistoriche LX, pp. 283-306. 0035-6514 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/67685 eng Rivista di Scienze Preistoriche;60 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/es/ open access Atribución-SinDerivadas 3.0 España Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria