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Orophilous aspects of relictual vegetation of the class Rhamno-Prunetea localizated on the Madonie Mountains (NW Sicily).
2009
The deciduos shrubby mantle coenoses referred to the class Rhamno catharticae-Prunetea spinosae are secondary communities - sometimes permanent - localized in the climactical dominion of the forests of Querco-Fagetea and Quercetea ilicis or the riparian woodlands of Salici-Populetea nigrae. These communities are widespread from the Eurosiberian to the Mediterranean region, and are linked to rich nutrient humic soils, rocky slopes and screes (1). In Italy, the class Rhamno-Prunetea is represented by the alliances Cytision sessilifolii, Berberidion vulgaris, Pruno-Rubion ulmifolii and Salici-Viburnion opali, the latter showing hygrophilous character (2). As concerns the mountain and submounta…
BioCultural Landscapes per la rigenerazione innovativa dei territori di montagna
2017
Simplification of agricultural systems, farmland abandonment, uncontrolled urbanization, together with global scale drivers, determine fast and unpredictable phenomena of hydrogeological instability, biodiversity decline and identity loss. Men should hence promote socio-economic resilience and place identity, using biocultural landscapes as a resource. These landscapes are the outcome of the historical relationship between man and nature, resulting from complex interactions between biodiversity (at all levels, including species richness, ecosystem and biotope diversity) and cultural diversity, including material and immaterial aspects (architectural heritage, traditions, customs, local trad…
Archeologia fluviale
2020
Palermo sta sul mare, ma ha un rapporto difficile con il mare. La questione sorge, nel XVII secolo, al momento della costruzione dei Quattro Canti di Città o piazza Vigliena, quando l’asse di fondazione fenicio (il Cassaro, con giacitura EO) venne intersecato da una strada ortogonale (via Maqueda, con giacitura NS) capace di cancellare - con la formazione di un centro - la relazione che si era istituita, nel tempo, tra monti e mare attraverso la città. Da quel momento in poi l’espansione, all’interno della Conca d’oro, avvenne prevalentemente verso Nord, allontanando la città sempre di più dalla linea di costa a causa, anche, di Monte Pellegrino e di Pizzo Sella, due promontori abbandonati …
New data on Sicilian prehistoric and historic evolution in a mountain context, Vallone Inferno (Scillato, Italy)
2013
Vallone Inferno rock-shelter is an archaeological site located in the Madonie mountain range in Sicily. Archaeological excavation and research have provided a long prehistoric and historic sequence from the Neolithic to the medieval period, this being the most complete work in this area at present. In this paper we present the preliminary data provided by a multidisciplinary study based on pottery, lithic, human, faunal and plant remains. Stratigraphic studies have identified four complexes, of which complex 3 has provided almost all the archaeological remains. 14C AMS dates, obtained from four samples, place the human activities between 2601 cal BC and 644 cal AD. These dates are coherent …
Prehistoric Settlement and Population in the Madonie Mountains. New Data from the Archaeological Survey
2010
The aim of the Madonie research project is to analyse mobility strategies and the use of a mountainous territory by relating geomorphologic features, raw material sources and landscape to the prehistoric settlement. For this purpose we planned an intensive and systematic survey of sample areas, selected on geo-morphological, altimetric and archaeological criteria, correlated to a palaeoenvironmental investigation based on the study of palynological sequence samples coming from wet areas of the Madonie territory and from archaeological deposits. Le projet de recherche sur la Madonie analyse les stratégies de mobilité et l’exploitation du territoire de montagne, en reliant les caractéristique…
First record of Carex vesicaria (Cyperaceae) in Sicily.
2004
The first record of Carex vesicaria from Sicily is reported. This circumboreal species, so far known from the peninsular regions of Italy and from Corsica, has been found in a marshy mead- ow within the Fagus sylvatica and Acer pseudoplatanus woody belt of the Nebrodi mountains (N-E Sicily). The phytocoenosis established in this locality is characterized by C. vesicaria itself together with a few other hygrophytes such as Galium elongatum, Mentha aquatica and Juncus effusus. This plant community belongs to a context of hygro-hydrophilous vegetation where marshy features characterized by Juncus striatus and Calliergonella cuspidata alternate with the lacustrine ones characterized by Potamoge…
La 'Terra di mezzo' tra Siracusa e Augusta. Dalle poleisgreche alla citta lineare
2019
[SPA] El 'Dipolo urbano' de Siracusa·Augusta es un área estratégica para el futuro del sureste de Sicilia. Es un palimpsesto antrópico caracterizado por la presencia de un delicado paisaje natural y agrícola, sitios arqueológicos extraordinarios. contextos urbanos poblados y una industria petroquímica. El área geográfica es la zona costera incluida entre Augusta y Siracusa: una porción del territorio caracterizada por la presencia de calas y puertos naturales, limitada al oeste por la meseta calcarenítica de las montañas Climiti. En este palimpsesto tan degradado. la Escuela de Arquitectura de Siracusa ha estado estudiando posibles estrategias de recuperación y recualificación. A partir de …
Hypercalcified sponges from the Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) reefs of Sicily
2015
The sponge-dominated Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) reefs of Sicily yielded the most abundant hypercalcified sponge taxa compared with other time equivalent reefs in the world. Chambered sponges (“Sphinctozoa”) are the most abundant group among the hypercalcified sponges. All together almost 150 species of hypercalcified sponges (including sphinctozoans, inozoans, chaetetids, disjectoporids and spongiomorphids) were recognized in the Norian-Rhaetian reefs occurring in different localities in Sicily. 93 species (30 new, 28 as sp. indet.) of sphinctozoans, belonging to 18 families (2 new: Polytubithalamiidae, Globucatenulaiidae) and 35 genera (4 new: Globucatenula, Polytubithalamia, Rostros…
Śpiewy kalwaryjskie z Góry Świętej Anny. Źródła
2019
Badania tradycyjnego repertuaru religijnego na ogół przedstawiają się podobnie jak w przypadku materiału świeckiego. Obowiązują tu, wypracowane na gruncie dyscypliny metody gromadzenia. Specyfika religijnego przekazu otwiera jednak możliwości analizy porównawczej dostępnych źródeł w postaci użytkowych publikacji drukowanych, rękopisów i zapisów instrumentalnych. Istotnym elementem zatrzymującym procesy zanikania tradycyjnych form jest również sam obrzęd, wykazujący wiele cech stałości. Wszystko to zauważamy na przykładzie religijnej tradycji muzycznej kalwaryjskich obchodów na Górze św. Anny na Śląsku Opolskim, gdzie muzyczna kultura ludowa posiada własną specyfikę i koloryt związany z funk…
Od symbolu animozji polsko-niemieckich do retoryki pojednania. Obraz Góry św. Anny w XX i XXI wieku
2021
The article describes the way St. Anne’s Mountain has been presented over time by giving it different meanings and (re)interpretations on religious and historical-political levels. The religious description of this place is defined by a pompous narrative style and appealing to readers’ emotions. In the historical-political dimension, the mechanism of national mythologization and instrumentalization of St. Anne’s Mountain were shown. It was also pointed out that after 1989 another reinterpretation took place, taking the form of the reconciliation rhetoric. The role of the Catholic Church in the process is presented and the dangers are indicated: reducing reconciliation to a vapid expression …