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Ceramiche e altri rinvenimenti dalle cisterne del Castello di Butera: spunti e riflessioni
2011
The archaeological investigations (1998-1999) conducted in the area in front of the medieval castle of Butera (CL) have returned part of the internal courtyard of the building, equipped with a system of wells and siloi for water supply and granary. The stratigraphic relationships between the structures and the analysis of the material found inside the cisterns, as well as highlighting the different building phases during which the extensive collection system for water and grain was built (12th/13th-15th century ), allow us to have interesting indicators relating to the duration of circulation of the various pottery classes identified
Le statue della “Porta Marmorea” di Siracusa
2022
Viene preso in esame il primo recupero di sculture antiche di cui abbiamo memoria per Siracusa, tramandato da Fazello che ne riferisce il ritrovamento nel 1530 nella zona dell‟istmo tra Ortigia e la terraferma, nel corso di lavori edili al Castello Marchetto. Delle sette statue marmoree ricordate, almeno tre possono essere ancora individuate nel Museo “Paolo Orsi”: 1) una statua iconica femminile velato capite degli inizi dell‟età imperiale, raffigurante quasi certamente una dama impe-riale e proveniente da contesto ufficiale (nel Foro?); 2) un torso di Dioniso del secondo quarto del II secolo d.C., che po-trebbe avere attinenza col santuario di Dionysos Morychos presso l‟istmo; 3) il framm…
Le cisterne del castello di Butera: risultati delle indagini archeologiche
2014
In this work are presented the excavation’s results of the cisterns of the Medieval Castle of Butera. The study of pottery and other objects retrieved in the cisterns and the study of the stratigraphic relationships with the walls which are above the cisterns, permit to establish when the cisterns were filled and permit a better definition oh the life’s phases of the court and of the Castle, involved in destructions and reconstructions during Medieval e post-medieval ages
Vasellame in vetro dalle cisterne del castello di Butera
2012
The assemblage of glass artefacts, which is the subject of this contribution, has been retrieved from four cisterns (A, B, C, F) of the Medieval Castle of Butera. They are closed contexts, which were not manipulated by modern interventions, and permit a better defnition of the chronology of the glass objects through their association with ceramic material