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Textile Activity and Cultural Identity in Sicily Between the Late Bronze Age and Archaic Period
Clothing was an essential part of material culture in ancient societies both as a form of body protection and as house equipment. Besides a practical function, textiles played a crucial role in communicating various aspects of social and personal identity. Based largely on the analysis of textile tools, this book is intended to be the first systematic attempt at reconstructing textile culture in ancient Sicily. Textile implements represent the most abundant category of evidence for textile activity in Sicily and in this book they are used as a means to explore the social dynamics within cultural interactions in the final Bronze–Iron Age and Archaic Sicily. The book begins with an overview ...
Sicily Before the Greeks
A noted Italian archaeologist describes Sicilian culture from Palaeolithic times to the arrival of Greek colonists in the 8th century B. C.
La Sicilia prima dei greci
La Sicilia che conosciamo, ricca di teatri e giardini, templi e grandi piazze circondate dai portici, è il lascito eccezionale dei popoli che nei secoli l’hanno abitata e modellata, disseminando tracce indelebili delle loro culture, religioni e istituzioni. Soprattutto i Greci l’hanno resa una terra impareggiabile, un giacimento di tesori unico al mondo, dove i fasti della civiltà classica convivono con la quotidianità del presente e le antiche architetture ospitano le attività dell’uomo moderno, chiedendogli di rievocare continuamente la loro storia.Ma cosa trovarono i Greci quando approdarono sull’isola? Chi ne popolava le pianure e le montagne?La Sicilia prima dei Greci, che i...
Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily
A comprehensive and up-to-date account of the languages of ancient Sicily by an international team of experts.
