Leighton Morgantina Studies, Volume IV

The Protohistoric Settlement on the Cittadella
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6334-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 430 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

Excavations conducted at Morgantina by Princeton University and the University of Illinois have revealed substantial Iron Age remains beneath the Greek town on the Cittadella hilltop. In this volume Robert Leighton presents a full study of this extensive protohistoric settlement in Sicily. The broad scope of evidence, particularly the survival of long houses and tombs with much of their structures and contents preserved, permits an unusually thorough examination of indigenous cultural traditions prior to the foundation of the Greek town in the Archaic period. An illustrated catalogue of the finds presents more than 700 artifacts from the site, most of which are previously unpublished.

The author discusses all the excavated protohistoric areas in detail, and presents a full range of maps, plans, excavation photographs, reconstruction drawings, and radiocarbon dates. The diverse body of finds includes a wide variety of pottery forms as well as tools and ornaments of both metal and stone that document local crafts, metallurgy, and numerous aspects of daily life. In studying these objects, Leighton draws on parallels with material from the Italian peninsula and considers the evidence of the historical sources, revealing links between Sicily and Italy in the protohistoric period.

Originally published in 1993.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Leighton, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
Editors’ Preface, pg. ix
Preface, pg. xi
Abbreviations, pg. xiii
List of Text Figures, pg. xvii
List of Plates, pg. xix
Introduction, pg. 1
I. The Excavations, pg. 11
II. The Finds, pg. 49
III. The Iron Age Tombs, pg. 97
IV. Chronology, pg. 111
V. The Protohistoric Period, pg. 127
VI. Catalogue of the Finds, pg. 163
Table of Relative Proportions of Weighed Pottery, pg. 225
Concordance of Inventory and Catalogue Numbers, pg. 229
Index, pg. 235
PL.1–PL.40, pg. 243
PL. 41– PL. 80, pg. 283
PL. 81– PL. 120, pg. 323
PL. 121– PL. 164, pg. 363