From cave to dolmen : ritual and symbolic aspects in the prehistory between Sciacca, Sicily and the central Mediterranean /: ritual and symbolic aspects in the prehistory between Sciacca, Sicily and the central Mediterranean. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Domenica Gullì.
• Editors: Gullì, Domenica
• Other Names: Archaeopress, publisher.
• Contents: From cave to dolmen. Ritual and symbolic aspects in the prehistory between Sciacca, Sicily and the central Mediterranean. The reasons for a volume (Domenica Gulli); Sciacca terra di prodigy (Ernesto De Miro); The prehistory of Sciacca between old acquisitions and new research (Domenica Gulli); The 'Progetto Kronio': history and problems of an extreme exploration in an intact archaeological deposit (Giovanni Badino - Louis Torelli); The stratigraphic sequence of the Grotta del Kronio and the neolithization of Sicily and Calabria A brief chrono-cultural summary (Vincenzo Tine); The cultic presence at Stufe di S. Calogero complex: the historical levels (Donatella Pian); Notes on naturalistic archaeological documentaries: the example of Monte Kronio (Tullio Bernabei); Ad Aquas. Historical sources and archaeological evidence about Sciacca's thermalism in antiquity (Valentina Caminneci); I luoghi degli zolfi selinuntini Architettura, miti e simboli delle 'macchine naturali' di Monte San Calogero a Sciacca (Bernardo Agro - Antonino Frenda); Cracks, crevices and caves in the Serraferlicchio hill (Ornella Adamo - Domenica Gulli); The meanings of caves in the prehistory and protohistory of the Agrigento territory (Domenica Gulli); Forme di popolamento nella Sicilia centro-meridionale durante l'eneolitico (Rosalba Panvini); The social significance of caves and rock-shelters in the prehistory of the Erei (Central Sicily) archaeological investigations at the Riparo 1 di Contrada San Tommaso near Enna (Enrico Giannitrapani); The ritual use of caves in Sicily between the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic burial and figurative practices of the hunter-gatherers (Domenico Lo Vetro - Fabio Martini - Zelia Di Giuseppe); Contestualizzazione delle grotte nell'archeologia del paesaggio della provincia di Palermo prospettive di ricerca (Giuseppina Battaglia); Caves from the Tyrrhenian side of the Messina province (North-Eastern Sicily) (Maria Clara Martinelli - Gabriella Mangano); The Grotta del Vecchiuzzo (Petralia Sottana, Palermo): a multi-purpose cave in a karst system (Massimo Cultraro); Caves and environment: the case of Etna (Francesco Privitera); Child burials in the Grotta Petralia at Catania (Orazio Palio); The Sanctuary of the Palikoi at Rocchicella (Mineo): the Copper Age structures and the 'boiling waters' phenomenon (Laura Maniscalco); Exploring underground paths. Caves and human landscape in the Siracusa district during prehistory (Anita Crispino- Massimo Cultraro); Strategie insediative nella Sicilia sud-orientale: le grotte dei Monti Iblei nella preistoria (Dalma Cultrera); Grotte sepolcrali dell'area iblea fra il Neolitico e l'eta del bronzo (Lorenzo Guzzardi); Il fenomeno del Bicchiere Campaniforme in rapporto alle culture della Sicilia centro-occidentale (Primo Veneroso); Apporti megalitici nelle architetture funerarie e abitative della preistoria siciliana (Sebastiano Tusa); L'enigma del muro megalitico e dello pseudo-dolmen di Mura Pregne (Stefano Vassallo); Old and new dolmens for the Hyblean elites of the Castelluccio culture? (Giovanni Di Stefano); 'Ex Occidente lux': considerazioni sull'antica eta del bronzo nel Mediterraneo central (Enrico Procelli); L'occupazione delle grotte in epoca preistorica e protostorica nell'Italia centro-settentrionale (Daniela Cocchi Genick); Lighting up the dark. The role of Ghar Mirdum in Maltese prehistory (Davide Tanasi).
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Archaeopress
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 937.801; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Italy -- Sciacca; Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric -- Italy -- Sciacca; Megalithic monuments -- Italy -- Sciacca; Cave dwellers -- Italy -- Sciacca; Prehistoric peoples -- Italy -- Sciacca; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology; Antiquities; Antiquities, Prehistoric; Cave dwellers; Megalithic monuments; Prehistoric peoples; Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric; Sciacca (Italy) -- Antiquities; Italy -- Sciacca; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1784910392; 9781784910396
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 15, 2016).
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