Pantalica in the Sicilian Late Bronze and Iron Ages
Excavations of the Rock-cut Chamber Tombs by Paolo Orsi from 1895 to 1910
Pantalica is a large limestone promontory in southeast Sicily known chiefly for a series of extensive cemeteries comprising thousands of chamber tombs cut out of the rock, dating mainly between the 13th and 7th centuries BCE. A UNESCO World Heritage site and nature reserve, renowned for archaeological remains in a spectacular natural setting, the site gives its name to the Late Bronze and Iron Age ¿Pantalica culture¿, typical of southern Sicily in the period just before Greek colonization. At the time of Greek colonization in southern Sicily (8th c BCE), however, Pantalica was still one of the main indigenous centers of the region, sometimes…
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Weitere Autoren: Albanese Procelli, Rosa Maria (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78925-302-3
- EAN: 9781789253023
- Produktnummer: 30137748
- Verlag: Oxbow Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Masse: H21.8 cm x B30.8 cm x D1.7 cm 1'130 g
- Abbildungen: b/w and colour
- Gewicht: 1130
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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