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Planning Punic cities: Geophysical prospection and the built environment at Motya, Sicily
Jason T. HerrmannPaola Sconzosubject
Archeology060102 archaeologyarchaeological geophysics Italy Phoenician Punic Sicily urban planningGeneral Arts and HumanitiesGeophysical prospectionPlan (archaeology)Excavation06 humanities and the artsQuadrant (instrument)010502 geochemistry & geophysics01 natural sciencesArchaeologylanguage.human_languageGeographyUrban planninglanguage0601 history and archaeologyPhoenicianWest coastSettore L-OR/05 - Archeologia E Storia Dell'Arte Del Vicino Oriente AnticoBuilt environment0105 earth and related environmental sciencesdescription
The urban plan of ancient Motya on the Isola di San Pantaleo on the west coast of Sicily and its relationship to developments in Phoenician and Punic societies have been investigated since the early 1960s. Data from geophysical surveys in the north-eastern quadrant of Motya show the regular organisation of urban insulae framed by two broad roads. These results, combined with data from previous nearby excavations, improve the modelling of Motya's layout, and contribute to the wider discussion of Phoenician/Punic and broader Mediterranean urban traditions between the sixth and fourth centuries BC.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-02 |