Search results for " necropoli"

Crateri-cinerari figurati in Sicilia:immagini, rito e credenze religiose

2007

La dialettica tra sfera del vino e sfera della morte caratterizza le culture occidentali, greche, anelleniche e grecizzate, e si configura quasi come elemento identificativo di alcuni contesti socio-culturali di frontiera. La netta opposizione tra simposio e ambito funerario, che distingue l’ambiente greco, si trasforma nelle comunità etrusche, italiche e coloniali dinamica associazione ricca di sottesi valori simbolici ed escatologici. La tematica, pur essendo già esplorata, viene ripresa in tale contributo, nel quale si suggeriscono nuovi accorpamenti e letture combinate di documenti, che nel loro insieme, seppure disomogeneo, possono contribuire a spiegare fenomeni di devianze all’intern…

Alaisa-Halaesa. Scavi e ricerche (1970-2007)

2009

Paleogenetic analysis and radiocarbon dating on skeletal remains from the Roman necropolis of Contrada Diana (Lipari Island, Sicily)

2023

Lipari, the largest of the Aeolian Islands, is located in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. Archeological evidence suggests an early human occupation starting from the Neolithic period. The island, favored by its volcanic history, was an important crossroads of cultures and commerce exchanges during prehistory up to Greek and Roman dominations. In this study, we present multidisciplinary analysis results on four skeletal remains from the necropolis of Contrada Diana attributed to the Roman period. By using Next Generation Sequencing technology we identified the biological sex and reconstructed the complete mitochondrial genome for two individuals. We retrieved the first ancient L3e5a lineage tha…

The discovery of a Mycenaean-type tholos tomb in the Bronze Age necropolis of the Gazzi buried floodplain (Messina, Southern Italy): new geological a…

2019

This paper deals with a monument that is, up to this date, unique in Sicily and in the Italian peninsula: the Mycenaean-type tholos tomb of the Gazzi necropolis in Messina. A recent excavation in the alluvial deposits revealed extensive traces of a funerary area with a tholos tomb and several enchytrismos tombs with skeletal remains, presumably dated back to the end of the Early or the initial stage of the Middle(?) Bronze Age. The present multi-disciplinary investigation has been developed to analyse new data related to sediments, building stones and skeletal remains of this funerary area. The stratigraphic succession hosting the necropolis was formed by overbank sediments deposited on the…

Cristiani fra le rovine. Ipotesi sul riuso del Tempio di Ercole a Sabratha

2012

I luoghi di culto cristiani nel Foro e a Nord del Teatro di Sabratha hanno trasformato o obiliterato gli edifici di età romana e condizionato, attraendole a sé, la disposizione, di un cospicuo numero di sepolture. Altre tombe, non in contatto diretto con le basiliche, appaiono ubicate secondo criteri di non sempre immediata intellegibilità. Ciò in quanto sussistono ancora diverse aree della città non scavate che per estensione e ubicazione rendono difficile la comprensione di alcuni dettagli del suo sviluppo urbanistico e delle modalità in cui il tessuto cittadino fu rimodulato e riutilizzato in età cristiana. Il Tempio di Ercole (Regio V, insula 7), restaurato a seguito del terremoto degli…

Sur la fonction des « sphéroïdes » en tôle de l’Age du bronze

2013

La fonction des quatre sphéroïdes en tôle de bronze de France et de Suisse connus, souvent décrits, n’a jamais été établie. En raison de leur mode de façonnage, de leur technique de montage et du style de leur décoration, ils sont rapprochés ici des sphéroïdes italiens qui sont généralement complets. Ces derniers, découverts en général dans des sépultures, étant interprétés comme des encensoirs, il est proposé de considérer comme tels, avec des réserves du fait de leur état fragmentaire, les exemplaires de France et de Suisse. Ces récipients, datés en France du Bronze final IIIb, connaissent en Italie une évolution qui se prolonge jusqu’au début du VIIe s. av. J.-C. Although the four known …

Maternal DNA lineages at the gate of Europe in the 10th century AD

2018

Given the paucity of archaeogenetic data available for medieval European populations in comparison to other historical periods, the genetic landscape of this age appears as a puzzle of dispersed, small, known pieces. In particular, Southeastern Europe has been scarcely investigated to date. In this paper, we report the study of mitochondrial DNA in 10th century AD human samples from Capidava necropolis, located in Dobruja (Southeastern Romania, Southeastern Europe). This geographical region is particularly interesting because of the extensive population flux following diverse migration routes, and the complex interactions between distinct population groups during the medieval period. We suc…

Baucina (Pa) - Monte Falcone 2014. Indagini nella necropoli

2017

The aim of this report is to present the results of rescue excavations, executed in order to contrast illegal excavation at the necropolis at Baucina, in northwestern Sicily, where Punic, Greek and indigenous traditions coexisted. Their relationship is the focus of the ongoing research. The archaeological dataset demonstrates that the interaction between three different ethnicities resulted in an impressive variety of rituals.

Maschere e imagerie teatrale nella necropoli liparese di IV-III sec. a.C.: oggetti e immagini in contesto

2019

A new contextual analysis is proposed in order to reappraise the well known theatrical images from Lipari. In the wake of the researches made by L. Bernabò Brea and M. Cavalier, the clay masks of comic, satyric and tragic characters and figurines, on one hand, and the “theatrical” vases on the other were reputed to echo or to “illustrate” Greek plays, in the frame of a Dionysian cult. Lastly, A. Schwarzmaier reviewed this thesis, pointing at the ritual context in which the masks were used and deposed in a set of drinking and pouring vases near the grave during the burial, and concluding that they were a visual clue of a Dionysian funerary banquet. Examining again the whole evidence (masks,…

Paradigmi mitici, cifre simboliche e rituale funerario: su alcuni crateri figurati dalle necropoli greche di Sicilia

2021

Il contributo prende in considerazione i crateri-cinerari figurati restituiti dalle necropoli greche di Sicilia, ricollegati, in via di ipotesi, a credenze escatologiche connesse alla sfera del culto dionisiaco, cercando di rintracciare l’origine e di inquadrare l’affermarsi di tale rito in Sicilia, e di delineare gli attori di questo rituale, con il quale l’identità del/della defunto/a era richiamata dalla forma del cinerario e dalle immagini che lo decoravano. L’analisi prende avvio dai cinerari con raffinate e complesse scene mitiche dell’Agrigento dell’età della tirannide emmenide per arrivare ai crateri della Lipara del IV secolo, che esprimono attraverso narrazioni più esplicite l’aus…