The Prehistoric Antiquities of the Maltese Islands
Author: John Davies Evans
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13:
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The Archaeology of Malta
Author: Claudia Sagona
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-08-25
Total Pages: 471
ISBN-13: 1107006694
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book synthesizes the archaeology of the Maltese archipelago from the first human colonization c. 5000 BC through the Roman period (c. 400 AD). Claudia Sagona interprets the archaeological record to explain changing social and political structures, intriguing ritual practices, and cultural contact through several millennia.
The Archaeology of Malta
Author: Claudia Sagona
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-08-25
Total Pages: 471
ISBN-13: 1316395286
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Maltese archipelago is a unique barometer for understanding cultural change in the central Mediterranean. Prehistoric people helped reshape the islands' economy and when Mediterranean maritime highways were being established, the islands became a significant lure to Phoenician colonists venturing from their Levantine homeland. Punic Malta also sat at the front line of regional hostilities until it fell to Rome. Preserved in this island setting are signs of people's endurance and adaptation to each new challenge. This book is the first systematic and up-to-date survey of the islands' archaeological evidence from the initial settlers to the archipelago's inclusion into the Roman world (c.5000 BC–400 AD). Claudia Sagona draws upon old and new discoveries and her analysis covers well-known sites such as the megalithic structures, as well as less familiar locations and discoveries. She interprets the archaeological record to explain changing social and political structures, intriguing ritual practices and cultural contact through several millennia.
Studies in Ancient Greek Topography: Roads
Author: William Kendrick Pritchett
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1965-01-01
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780520096356
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Maltese Archipelago at the Dawn of History
Author: Davide Tanasi
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2020-08-27
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 1789694949
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of essays provides a reassessment of the multifaceted evidence which emerged from excavations carried out in 1909 and 1959 in the settlement of Bahrija, both largely unpublished until now. Bahrija is a key site for understanding the later stages of Maltese prehistory before the beginning of the Phoenician colonial period.
Punic Antiquities of Malta and Other Ancient Artefacts Held in Ecclesiastic and Private Collections
Author: Claudia Sagona
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9789042917033
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAncient artefacts that comprise the private collections of Malta came largely from the Phoenician and later Punic burial grounds of the archipelago. In many respects, the perception of the island's ancient population as depicted in recent historic accounts has suffered from a limited knowledge of what has been found in the islands over the last few centuries. Co-authored with Isabelle Vella Gregory and Anton Bugeja, this book forms a companion volume to Claudia Sagona's “The Archaeology of Punic Malta (2002, Peeters) and “Punic Antiquities of Malta and Other Ancient Artefacts Held in Ecclesiastic and Private Collections (2003, Peeters). More than 700 objects, many brought into the public arena for the first time, are documented in this volume. The artefacts are held in three collections: that of Joseph Attard Tabone, of the Palazzo Parisio (Naxxar) and of St George's Parish Church (Qormi). While much of the material is characteristically Phoenician and Punic, imported Cypriot, Greek, Italian and other wares demonstrate that the islands were drawn into the ancient economic and political exchanges of the Mediterranean region.
Archaeology and Fertility Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean
Author: Anthony Bonanno
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9060322886
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe papers in this volume derive from the First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean (Malta, 1985). The field remains divided between the view supporting the existence of a universal belief in an all-pervading and all-embracing Mother Goddess of which the fertility cult is just one, albeit important, aspect and the view questioning the very bases of that theory. This conference showed that there seems to be a greater disposition for further dialogue. The fertility content in Near Eastern and Classical religions remains indisputable. The conference proved to be also, not accidentally, of special significance to Maltese archaeology. The volume is divided into four sections: Section I. Prehistory; Section II. Prehistory, Malta; Section III. Phoenician and Near Eastern Religions; Section IV. The Greco-Roman World.
The late prehistory of Malta: Essays on Borġ in-Nadur and other sites
Author: Davide Tanasi
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2015-05-31
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1784911283
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBorg in-Nadur, Malta, is a major multi-period site, with archaeological remains that span several thousand years. Excavations were carried out here in 1881 and again in 1959. This volume provides an exhaustive account of the stratigraphy, the pottery, the lithic assemblages, the bones, and the molluscs.
The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology
Author: Robin Skeates
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-01-05
Total Pages: 748
ISBN-13: 0199237824
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDivided into four distinct sections and drawing across various disciplines, this volume seeks to reappraise the place of archaeology in the contemporary world by providing a series of essays that critically engage with both old and current debates in the field of public archaeology.
Travel in the Ancient World
Author: Lionel Casson
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 1994-02-17
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780801848087
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe only book of its kind in any language, Travel in the Ancient World offers a lively, comprehensive history of ancient travel, from the first Egyptian voyages recorded in Old Kingdom inscriptions through Greek and Roman times to the Christian pilgrimages of the fourth and sixth centuries. Rich in anecdote and colorful detail, it now returns to print in paperback with a new preface by the author.
