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Title

Pantalica in the Sicilian late Bronze and Iron Ages : excavations of the rock-cut chamber tombs by Paolo Orsi from 1895 to 1910 / edited by Robert Leighton ; with contributions by Rose Maria Albanese Procelli.

Publication

• Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Leighton, Robert (Archaeologist)
• Albanese, Rosa Maria

Description

vi, 205 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 31 x 22 cm

Subject

• Orsi, Paolo, 1859-1935
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Italy > Sicily
• Tombs > Italy > Sicily
• Antiquities
• Excavations (Archaeology)
• Tombs
• Pantalica (Extinct city)
• Sicily (Italy) > Antiquities
• Italy > Pantalica (Extinct city)
• Italy > Sicily

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205).

Contents

1. A short history of research / Robert Leighton -- Antiquarians and first visitors -- The campaigns of Paolo Orsi (1895-1910) -- More recent work -- 2. The main monuments and their location / Robert Leighton -- Physical and environmental characteristics of the site -- Surface area, tomb numbers and demography -- The main burial areas -- Caves -- The Filiporto fortifications and tower -- Rock-cut habitation chambers and other classical-Hellenistic strucUires -- The "anaktoron" -- Christian oratories -- Trackways and more recent monuments -- 3. Tomb forms and features / Robert Leighton -- Curvilinear chambers -- Quadrangular or quadrilateral chambers -- Chronology -- Doors and dromoi -- Tombs with multiple chambers -- Tombs with wider cultural connections -- 4. Burial practices / Rosa Maria Albanese Procelli -- Numbers and ages of the deceased -- Internal layouts -- Artefact combinations -- Sex, gender and activity indicators -- Feasting and drinking -- Social standing and rank -- 5. The pottery / Robert Leighton -- Pottery styles and decoration -- Amphorae -- Askoi -- Beakers, pyxides and similar forms -- Bowls and basins without pedestals -- Cups -- Jars (small ovoidal types) -- Jugs (round-necked, tubular- and strainer-spouted) -- Jugs with sloping or triangular and trefoil rims (oinochoai) -- Pedestal basins -- Pedestal krater -- Pedestal plates and bowls -- Pithoi and large storage jars -- Saucers and shallow bowls -- Spindle whorls and loom weights -- Pottery of later periods (Archaic-Byzantine) -- 6. Metal and other artefacts / Rosa Maria Albanese Procelli -- Bronze ornaments and dress items -- Bronze weapons and utensils -- Iron artefacts -- Gold artefacts -- Silver and lead artefacts -- Other materials -- 7. Chronology / Robert Leighton -- Early research and traditional frameworks -- Periods and terminology -- Sicilian fibula typology and chronology -- Other datable metal and pottery forms -- Conclusions -- 8. Catalogo delle tombe e dei corredi Catalogue of tombs and their contents from the Orsi excavations / Robert Leighton -- English foreword and abbreviations -- Avvertenze ed abbreviazioni -- Necropoli Nord, scavi Orsi (1895, 1897, 1910) -- Necropoli Nord-Ovest, seavi Orsi (1895, 1910) -- Necropoli Sud, scavi Orsi (1900-1901, 1903, 1910) -- Necropoli Cavetta, scavi Orsi (1895) -- Necropoli di Filiporto, scavi Orsi (1895) -- Provenienze varie.

Call Number

JFG 19-412

ISBN

• 1789253020
• 9781789253023

OCLC

1088542623

Title

Pantalica in the Sicilian late Bronze and Iron Ages : excavations of the rock-cut chamber tombs by Paolo Orsi from 1895 to 1910 / edited by Robert Leighton ; with contributions by Rose Maria Albanese Procelli.

Publisher

Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205).

Added Author

Leighton, Robert (Archaeologist), editor.

Albanese, Rosa Maria, contributions.

Research Call Number

JFG 19-412