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Atteone in contesto. Il mito, l'acqua e riti di transizione femminili nella Sicilia greca
2020
The study considers some representations of the myth of Actaeon in Sicily, that draw a clear geography of the mythic theme in the island, in close connection with water and female transition rites. In particular, it focuses on some louteria from Selinus and Agrigento (from the Sanctuary of chthonic deities), that report this subject, and a lekanis rim from Himera, coming from a supposed sacred area within the residential area, where rites of passage were performed. The only other evidence of the theme in the island consists in a fragment of Attic krater from a Geloan tomb, apart from the well known metope of Selinus. The recontextualization of the evidence allows us to understand better the…
Ancient DNA, Strontium isotopes, and osteological analyses shed light on social and kinship organization of the Later Stone Age.
2008
In 2005 four outstanding multiple burials were discovered near Eulau, Germany. The 4,600-year-old graves contained groups of adults and children buried facing each other. Skeletal and artifactual evidence and the simultaneous interment of the individuals suggest the supposed families fell victim to a violent event. In a multidisciplinary approach, archaeological, anthropological, geochemical (radiogenic isotopes), and molecular genetic (ancient DNA) methods were applied to these unique burials. Using autosomal, mitochondrial, and Y-chromosomal markers, we identified genetic kinship among the individuals. A direct child-parent relationship was detected in one burial, providing the oldest mol…
La kalimera di Lazzaro: Varianti testuali siculo-arbëreshe
2018
This kalimera forms part of an ancient pagan rite of agricultural fertility, which due to syncretism is conserved in the paraliturgical practices still existing in the Arbëresh communities in southern Italy.Belonging to the cycle of commemoration of the dead, Lazarus’ Saturday is the second of the four Saturdays (the first is that of the carnival – in Alb. E shtuna e shpirtravet), during which participants sing the ballad of Constantine and Doruntina; the second Saturday, as mentioned, is that of the Resurrection of Lazarus, featuring liturgical hymns known as the hymns of the Holy Week; the third is the Saturday on the Easter’s Eve when the bells were untied; the fourth Saturday is that of…
Prefazione al volume Corpi e identità : Donne dal Subcontinente indiano all’Italia di K. Carnà e S. Rossetti
2021
The preface to the book 'Bodies and Identities' highlights some of the themes addressed by the authors - K. Carnà and S. Rossetti. Carnà and S. Rossetti. Ignazia Bartholini highlights how the theme of body care and facial embellishments is declined in different practices oriented by the culture of origin of the women interviewed. Bangladeshi women, Indian, Pakistani and Sri Lankan women who let us in on some of their secrets of beauty" but, above all, they allow us to share stories to share stories closely linked to rites of passage in which care and beauty are not just ends in themselves, but constitute forms of entry into the native culture.
L'oralità dell'immagine. Etnografia visiva nelle comunità rurali siciliane
2018
L’opposizione ipotizzata fra tradizioni orali e scritte, che prevale in antropologia, è ingannevole: in primis perché tende ad annullare l’orale nel contrario dello scritto, e non ne comprende il modo di funzionare specifico; in secondo luogo perché non contempla la possibilità che, tra gli estremi dell’orale puro e dello scritto puro, esistano molte situazioni intermedie. Paradossalmente oggi, nella nostra società così impregnata di immagini, l’oralità è ritornata ad assumere un ruolo centrale proprio per la produzione e la comprensione del codice visivo. Questa «oralità dell’immagine» è connaturata nei nostri comportamenti quotidiani e per questo motivo risulta difficile individuarla e an…
Laying Out and Viewing the Body at Home — A Forgotten Tradition?
1999
Golden Face Covers from the North Pontic Region: Analysis of the Archaeological Material
2021
Imagen e iconografía en las exequias del príncipe Baltasar Carlos en Zaragoza en 1646.
2014
ABSTRACT: This article studies the ceremonial funeral rites for Prince Baltasar Carlos of Austria, son of Philip IV and the hope for the healing of a monarchy in crisis, in the exequies celebrated in the city of Zaragoza, where the young heir to the throne died shortly before his seventeenth birthday, in 1646. The monumental catafalque erected in the plaza of the market place (a fantastic ephemeral tumulus characterized by a splendid Baroque architecture full of symbols), demonstrates the magnificence with which the death of such a beloved prince was presented to the public, in the second third of the seventeenth century. KEYWORDS: Prince Baltasar Carlos of Austria, Spanish Golden Age, roya…
Identification of organic compounds in fictile unguentaria from two Sicilian necropolis of Greek age (5th century, b.c.) by GC-MS analysis.
2007
A study to obtain more knowledge on funeral set in Greek age, (5th Century, b.C.) was carried out on thirteen ancient unguentaria, small vessels used as containers of balms or ointments, founded in two different Sicilian necropolis: Adranon and Hymera. Every find was subjected to three extractions by increasing polarity solvents. All crude extracts, unsaponifiables and methyl esters of saponifiable fraction were analysed by GC-MS. Analysis showed difference between two groups of finds: the unguentaria from Adranon show abundant traces of lipids used in balm making, while those from Hymera resulted empty and buried for ritual purpose. Even if in the two towns, flourished in the same period, …
Rosalia e le altre: Identità, memorie e simboli del sacro femminile - Introduzione
2020
Introduzione al volume: Rosalia e le altre : identità, memorie e simboli del sacro femminile. Vita e nascita del rito Introduction to the volume: Rosalia and the others: identity, memories and symbols of the sacred feminine. Life and birth of the rite