Search results for " Himera"
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Landscape Dynamics and Cultural Contacts in the Territory of Himera in the Archaic Period
2022
In central-northern Sicily, the watershed area between the northern and southern Imera and Platani rivers has already been recognized for years as a pivotal area in relations between the different areas of the island, both in reference to the political and economic projections of the colonial poleis , especially between Himera, Akragas, both in reference to economic relations and cultural contacts with indigenous communities. This area is very crucial context of encounter and confrontation between communities, in which complex systems of territorial articulation can be grasped. The position of the settlements along the basins of the two Himera highlights a close connection in terms of inter…
Cultura materiale e organizzazione degli spazi domestici
2008
The paper examines in detail the functioning of the houses of ancient Himera on the basis of access analysis and findings of each domestic unity
Guerra e diplomazia nella Sicilia di inizio V sec. a.C.
2013
Tra mito e rito: aspetti della cultura figurativa imerese nel tardo V secolo a.C.
2015
This study revisiting finds with figural decoration from early excavations of the residential area of the town of Himera has sparked a new approach to reconstructing the figural repertoire, mythographic heritage and spectrum of ritual and sacred practices wihch must have characterised this colonial city before its destruction at the end of the 5th century B.C. The author has studied, in particular, various clay arulae and the figural decoration on vases painted by the Himera Painter, which were used in the ritual life of the domestic quarters of the town and whose subject matter appears to be derived exclusively from the sagas of Thessaly and Boeotia. The main theme of the illustrated myths…
La battaglia di Himera (480 a.C.) nelle inerpretazioni storiografiche antiche e nelle moderne riletture di G. Grote ed E.A. Freeman
2014
Il sincronismo tra le battaglie di Himera e Salamina è stato codificato dalla storiografia antica con l’intento di unificare la Grecità, metropolitana e occidentale, nella comune celebrazione della vittoria contro il barbaro: un nome che accomuna indistintamente Cartaginesi e Persiani. Le due vittorie vennero interpretate tout court come un trionfo della civiltà sulla barbarie. Su questa stessa linea interpretativa si sono mosse alcune analisi della storiografia moderna (XIX-XX sec.) anch’esse caratterizzate da forti connotazioni ideologiche. L’attenzione si sofferma in particolare sulle riletture che degli eventi del 480 a.C. hanno dato G. Grote ed E. A. Freeman; nei loro lavori è possibil…
Ambiente ed economia nell’hinterland di Himera (Sicilia settentrionale), dalla preistoria alla prima età medievale. Una preliminare analisi comparati…
2022
The aim of this paper is to present the palaeo-environmental approaches and preliminary results in the district of Northern Imera river, corresponding to the territory of the ancient cities of Himera (destroyed in 409 BC) and Thermae Himeraeae (founded in 407 BC). The area is located in the North-West of Sicily, and it is mainly characterized by hilly landscape crossed by rivers facing the Thyrrenian Sea, and by a mountainous landscape (the Madonie) on the eastern side. Comparing the results of the archaeological excavations (in the city of Himera, and in the rock-shelter of Vallone Inferno), with topographical and palaeo-environmental analysis (both in the Northern Imera river and in the M…
Himera. Il quartire portuale alla foce del fiume Imera
2016
Prime ricerche nel quartiere portuale di Himera-
Thermae Himeraeae. Dall'agora ellenistica al foro romano. Riflessioni sulla romanizzazione della Sicilia.
2012
Prendendo spunto dalla trasformazione dell'agora ellenistica di Thermae Himeraeae in foro romano, in seguito alla deduzione della colonia voluta da Augusto, si esaminano i cambiamenti del paesaggio urbano delle città e quelli delle campagne siciliane nella prima età imperiale, per valutare i processi di romanizzazione della Sicilia e l'adesione delle classi dirigenti e della popolazione alla "rivoluzione culturale" romana.
Spazi e attività economiche nell’architettura domestica della Sicilia greca: osservazioni sull’evidenza archeologica, a partire dal caso di Himera
2018
While the functional analysis of houses is increasingly adopted, even in the archaeology of Sicily, as a tool useful for understanding the ancient way of life and the changing attitudes towards the ‘private’ space from the Early Archaic to Late Hellenistic times, it is mainly based on the architectural layout and on the physical characteristics of the buildings, or sometimes on a tiny selection of the findings. The possibility of analysing the activities concerned with production and commerce, and of appreciating the economic role of the domestic units, is consequently hardly limited. An useful case study is the town of Himera, due to the extension of the residential districts. So, a multif…