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Coralli e amuleti. Objets de vertu a misura di bambini
2022
The essay investigates the attention towards childhood in the creation of jewels and amulets, especially in coral, with defensive- protective e magical-therapeutic functions in Sicily and in the territories culturally linked to it in the modern era.
I rinvenimenti monetali dal santuario extramoenia di Sabucina
2003
The contribution presents two hoards found inside the service rooms of the extramoenia sanctuary of Sabucina, an anellenic center in the Sicilian hinterland. It is a unique context in the panorama of indigenous settlements in Sicily, also because the hoards were discovered during a stratigraphic excavation and the associated materials date their burial to the early 4th century BC, when the site was abandoned
Le opere esposte da Maria Accascina alla Mostra d’Arte Sacra delle Madonie
2017
Il saggio espone i metodi e gli strumenti di ricerca utilizzati per la ricostruzione del catalogo della pioneristica Mostra D’Arte Sacra delle Madonie curata da Maria Accascina ed allestita nel 1937 presso il Convento dei PP. Riformati di Petralia Sottana, centro delle alte Madonie. Si tratta di più di quattrocento opere, tra gioielli, suppellettili liturgiche, oggetti preziosi di uso profano, coralli, paramenti sacri, tessuti, statue lignee, intagli, maioliche, tappeti, tele e tavole dipinte realizzate dal XI al XIX secolo. Le opere, alcune delle quali perdute, provengono dalle collezioni nobiliari, dall’allora Museo Nazionale di Palermo, ora Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palazzo Abate…
Revision of Recent and fossil Mixtacandona Klie 1938 (Ostracoda, Candonidae) from Italy, with description of a new species
2017
Although studies on ostracods dwelling in inland subterranean habitats of Italy have increased in the last decades, highlighting a considerable taxonomic diversity, available information is still far from sufficient to understand phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships. Mixtacandona Klie 1938 is one of the most common and diverse genera of ostracods in subterranean waters. Of the 20 living recognized species in the genus, all stygobiontic and restricted to the Palearctic Region, four are known for the Italian peninsula and Sardinia, one of which exclusively as fossil. Several other Recent and fossil taxa attributable to Mixtacandona, but identified at supraspecific level, have been rep…
Air Quality Assessment by the Determination of Trace Elements in Lichens (Xanthoria calcicola) in an Industrial Area (Sicily, Italy)
2022
This study provides data on variation in the content of metals and metalloids measured in the lichens (Xanthoria calcicola Oxner) collected in the Syracusan petrochemical complex (Sicily, Italy) which is considered one of the largest in Europe. Concentrations of eighteen trace elements measured in the lichens that were collected from 49 different points were analyzed using an inductively coupled plasma (ICP-MS) device. The concentrations of the typical elements of industrial emissions (As, Cr, Ni, and V) highlight the environmental criticality that exists in the study area. The interpretation of the data in terms of multi-element statistical analysis (FA) and enrichment factor (EFs) proved …
The Inland Water Copepod Fauna of a Traditional Rural Landscape in a Mediterranean Island (Crustacea, Copepoda)
2022
Although the Mediterranean area is a well-known hotspot of biological diversity, the crustacean assemblages inhabiting inland waters of the Mediterranean islands are to date unevenly known, and detailed information is missing for most taxa and areas. In the frame of this paper, we provide a checklist and a characterization of the copepod fauna of the lentic water bodies occurring in a traditional rural landscape of Sicily, where the co-existence of agriculture, woodlands, and pastoral activities lead to the presence of a wide range of different aquatic habitats. Overall, 22 copepod species belonging to the orders Calanoida, Cyclopoida, and Harpacticoida have been found in the 92 surveyed si…
THE ESTIMATION OF THE COSTS OF INSULARITY THROUGH A REGRESSIVE ECONOMETRIC MODEL APPLIED TO SICILY
2022
The geographic nature of the islands determines a peculiar condition of peripherality and specific accessibility problems often associated with the presence of structural delays in development processes. Data on the gaps due to insularity, as the case of Sicily clearly shows, returns an alarming picture that highlights employment imbalances, high poverty, high costs for transport, widespread margins, reduced internationalization and a decisive infrastructural inequality. In this work we have tried to offer a contribution to the meager debate on insularity, starting from the measurement of the disadvantage of insularity in economic terms. For Sicily, an estimate of the costs related to the i…
Intelaiature lignee leggere quale presidio antisismico nell'architettura tradizionale di area mediterranea
2017
L’accresciuta attenzione nei confronti degli aspetti costruttivi dell’edificato storico, associata all’analisi delle tecniche attraverso la ricerca archivistica, ma ancor più gli interventi di restauro e recupero che punteggiano i centri storici per iniziativa pubblica e privata consentono di ritrovare -nascoste anche all’occhio attento che le sa riconoscere- le intelaiature a graticcio ligneo: teatri ad intera struttura lignea, la configurazione interna di saloni ed ambienti di rappresentanza di palazzi nobiliari, chiese, conventi o monasteri ed anche l’edilizia diffusa che definiremmo “di base” testimoniano la capillare applica-zione del sistema costruttivo, con invarianti ed originalità …
The first inventory of birds of prey in sicilian museum collections (Italy)
2020
Natural History Museums are places of scientific dissemination and informal education, and have a fundamental role in scientific research and in preserving the historical heritage of a territory and its biodiversity. The island of Sicily, thanks to its geographic position as an inter-continental bridge in the Mediterranean, presents a notable ornithological diversity, with both sedentary species and species that migrate between Africa and Europe. For this reason, and thanks to a strong hunting tradition, Sicilian collections also depict the avifaunal assemblage historically present in the region, particularly for birds of prey, the group we focus on because of its particular ecological char…
La presenza dei cristiani in Sicilia in età islamica: considerazioni preliminari relative a Palermo e ad Agrigento
2014
La presenza delle comunità cristiane nella Sicilia islamica, nota dalla fonti scritte, è stata da sempre sottovalutata dalla ricerca archeologica. In questo articolo si è cercato di mettere in evidenza le labili tracce di queste comunità in due grandi città della Sicilia islamica: Palermo ed Agrigento.