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Dioniso a Centuripe: iconografia ‘teatrale’ e imagerie dionisiaca in contesto funerario
2021
The purpose of the paper is to bring together and to assess some strands of the funerary imagery elaborated in Centuripe (Sicily) in 3rd-1st centuries B.C., that until recently have been viewed in total isolation from each other. Dionysian themes and motifs have been variously identified in the local polychrome pottery, since the discovery, early in 20th century, of two impressive vases representing Dionysos himself in a relaxed pose; as opposed to the prevailing “bacchic-orphic” explanation, however, from the second half of past century the nuptial theme was considered to be the most important of the Centuripan vase inventory; finally, some scholars have argued that the repertory was not s…
Una estela ibèrica trobada a Atzeneta del Maestrat (l'Alt Maestrat, Castelló)
2017
We present the finding of an Iberian stele in the village of Atzeneta del Maestrat (Castellón). It is decorated with a cuirass disc on its front face, motif that is represented for the first time in the Iberian steles of the Valencian Country. Due to its characteristics, we connect this monument with the group of steles of Bajo Aragón, where we find the same motives in villages such as Vallderoures and Cretas (Teruel).
Death and Rebirth: Images of Death in Sicily
2015
Photographs were often taken during funerary ceremonies in Sicily. Local photographers were commissioned to document funerals as if they were christenings, communions or wedding ceremonies; and it is no mere coincidence that in funeral portraits the relatives arranged around the coffin assumed postures similar to those seen in photos of festivities. This tradition of taking photos during such “mixed occasions” gives the images a profound significance and highlights the archaic roots of the popular ideology of death as a continuum of life.
L’analisi strutturale e le fasi
2019
The X13-X13.1 is one of the most considerable cubicles in the catacomb. It consists of a quadrangular funerary chamber preceded by a short dromos placed along the gallery X. The tombs are several and of different types: arcosolia for adults and children, lithic sarcophagi, pavimental graves ("formae"), and very interesting areas for ritual "refrigerium" The archaeological investigations and the structural date indicate that the duplex cubicle is the result of different phases of development, and that it was used by a numerous and wealthy family group for several generations, by the end of the fourth/beginning of the fifth to the seventh/eighth century, as it seems also indicated by the pott…
Riflessioni sull’iconografia funeraria lilibetana nell’età di Cicerone
2021
Twenty-four, and possibly twenty-five painted stelae and aediculae were found, in different times, in the area of the necropolis of Lilybaeum (1903, 1974-1984), and further North, nearer to the ancient sea-shore (1895); most recently, two new entries enhanced the Museo Lilibeo (2009), beside two elements from decorated epitymbia. Despite previous scholarly opinions spread these artifacts over three centuries, as a whole, they can be assigned approximately to Cicero’s time. Some cross-cutting features, as a matter of fact, connect the stelae and the “Salinas” aediculae, and indicate that both date between the late 2nd and the late 1st century BC. Nevertheless, they constitue two neatly diffe…
Late Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers in the Central Mediterranean: New archaeological and genetic data from the Late Epigravettian burial Oriente…
2019
AbstractGrotta d’Oriente, a small coastal cave located on the island of Favignana (Sicily, Italy) is a key site for the study of the early human colonization of Sicily. The individual known as Oriente C was found in the lower portion of an anthropogenic deposit containing typical local Late Upper Palaeolithic (Late Epigravettian) stone assemblages. Two radiocarbon dates on charcoal from the deposit containing the burial are consistent with the archaeological context and refer Oriente C to a period spanning about 14,200-13,800 cal. BP. Anatomical features are close to those of Late Upper Palaeolithic populations of the Mediterranean and show strong affinity with Palaeolithic individuals of S…
Estudio sobre la presencia y el uso de las urnas Cruz del Negro en las necrópolis fenicias de Andalucía
2006
En este trabajo presentamos un análisis de las urnas Cruz del legro descubiertas en las necrópolis fenicias de Andalucía. Allí son escasas, lo que contrasta con el uso que se hace de esta forma en las necrópolis tartesias. Creemos que el continuo flujo comercial entre las dos poblaciones motivó un tráfico de mercancías que favoreció la adopción de elementos funerarios en las mismas.
Introduzione
2019
Are the traditional Sicilian funerary uses therefore comparable with that of ancient Rome? If so, what role has the long duration of the "conflict" between the Catholic Church and pre-Christian and / or "popular" funeral rites played and still does, a moment that is also unavoidable for comparative purposes "? The attitudes assumed by the Churches regarding the expressions of the so-called "popular piety" have not been from time to time, from place to place, neither homogeneous nor constant.
Un sanctuaire antique en questions : le mobilier au secours de l’interprétation du site de Crevans (Haute-Saône)
2013
La fouille du site de Crevans (Haute-Saône) a permis de reconnaitre un bâtiment maçonné rectangulaire, pourvu d’un porche, et un grand enclos carré. Le site, très arasé, n’a livré que peu de mobilier à l’exception d’un dépôt dans le grand enclos, postérieur à son abandon, et une fosse avec des quartiers de bœuf au centre du bâtiment. Si la caractérisation du site, au seul regard de son plan, n’est pas possible, l’examen du mobilier des dépôts permet de proposer une fonction cultuelle à l’ensemble. Excavation of the site of Crevans (Haute-Saône) has revealed a rectangular, stone-built construction with a porch and large square enclosure. The greatly levelled site has returned few movables, w…
Reconstruction of human subsistence and husbandry strategies from the Iberian Early Neolithic: A stable isotope approach
2018
Objectives The Early Neolithic involved an important social and economic shift that can be tested not only with the material culture, but also through biomolecular approaches. The Iberian Peninsula presents few Early Neolithic sites where fauna and humans can be analyzed together from an isotopic perspective. Here we present an isotopic study on the site of Cueva de Chaves as an example for understanding the dietary and economical changes that took place during Early Neolithic in Iberia. Material and methods Here we apply carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis to bone collagen from 4 humans and 64 faunal samples from 14 different species. The large dataset belongs to the same unique ch…