Students and travelers to Sicily will welcome this inviting introduction to the archaeology of the Mediterranean's largest island. In the first English-language book on prehistoric Sicily in over forty years, Robert Leighton explores the region's rich archaeological record. He charts the development of Sicily's early cultures from the Palaeolithic onward, concluding with an account of the indigenous society at the time of Greek and Phoenician settlement in the 8th century B.C.Each chapter in this generously illustrated volume highlights the principal developments of a major chronological period and then addresses social and economic themes. Among the topics discussed are settlement patterns and structures; local autonomy; external influences; cultural expression; and contacts with Italy, nearby satellite islands, and the Mycenaean world. Informed by recent fieldwork and scholarship, this book is a necessary guide to the current state of knowledge on prehistoric Sicily.
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"Leighton's study is a well-written, informative overview of Sicilian prehistory. . . This well-illustrated, readable, archaeological synthesis focuses on burials and ceramic typology. Its contribution to culture history makes it important reading for prehistorians, graduate students and undergraduates studying Old World prehistory, especially of the Mediterranean. . . The detailed notes and bibliography make it a useful scholarly resource."-Choice
"Leighton's volume is clearly written, well informed, and fully abreast of the latest discoveries in Sicilian archaeology."-Stephen L. Dyson, Classics Department, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. American Journal of Archaeology.
"Leighton's volume is clearly written, well informed, and fully abreast of the latest discoveries in Sicilian archaeology."-Stephen L. Dyson, Classics Department, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. American Journal of Archaeology.
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Archaeological research in Sicily has a long history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
painted oinochoai, bossed bone plaques, ingot fragments, jar burials, del bronzo, indigenous sites, pedestal basins, del rame, incised ware, local domestication, single inhumations, faunal samples, trench graves, chamber tombs, oval huts, incised pottery, painted wares, burnished wares, faunal associations, metal artefacts, large storage jars, old excavations, imported pottery, single burials, local precedents Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bronze Age, Copper Age, Iron Age, Capo Graziano, Piano Vento, Upper Palaeolithic, Serra del Palco, Final Epigravettian, Sant'Angelo Muxaro, Middle Neolithic, San Basilio, Madonna del Piano, Piano Conte, Piano Notaro, San Teodoro, Megara Hyblaea, San Mauro, Middle Pleistocene, Monte Grande, Monte Racello, Perriere Sottano, Cozzo Pantano, Straits of Messina, Piano Quartara, Grotta Chiusazza New!
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Archaeological research in Sicily has a long history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
painted oinochoai, bossed bone plaques, ingot fragments, jar burials, del bronzo, indigenous sites, pedestal basins, del rame, incised ware, local domestication, single inhumations, faunal samples, trench graves, chamber tombs, oval huts, incised pottery, painted wares, burnished wares, faunal associations, metal artefacts, large storage jars, old excavations, imported pottery, single burials, local precedents Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bronze Age, Copper Age, Iron Age, Capo Graziano, Piano Vento, Upper Palaeolithic, Serra del Palco, Final Epigravettian, Sant'Angelo Muxaro, Middle Neolithic, San Basilio, Madonna del Piano, Piano Conte, Piano Notaro, San Teodoro, Megara Hyblaea, San Mauro, Middle Pleistocene, Monte Grande, Monte Racello, Perriere Sottano, Cozzo Pantano, Straits of Messina, Piano Quartara, Grotta Chiusazza New!
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- Radiocarbon Dating and Italian Prehistory (BSR Archaeological Reports) by Robin Skeates in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Papers of the Fourth Conference of Italian Archaeology: The Archaeology of Power v.1 (Vol 1) (English and Italian Edition) by Edward Herring in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Mesolithic in Europe (Papers Presented at the 3rd International Symposium Edinburgh 1985) by Clive Bonsall in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Western Greeks Hb by G. Pugliese Carratelli in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Morgantina Studies: The Archaic Cemeteries (Volume 5) (v. 5) by Claire L. Lyons in Back Matter
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