Neolithic Ritual on the Island Archipelago of Malta

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ID3429624
AutoresSimon Stoddart (0000-0002-5480-7075, University of Cambridge, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume13
Fascículo5
Páginas464
Data de publicação2022-05-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel13050464
OpenAlexW4281261325
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas31

This paper addresses the ritual of Neolithic Malta in its island context drawing on recent research by the FRAGSUS project. Ritualised club houses placed in horticultural enclosures formed the focal point of the prehistoric Maltese landscape in the fourth and third millennia BC, providing a stable exploitation of the islands by the small populations of the period. This was a period when connectivity was more challenging than in the Bronze Age which followed, when Malta became part of the wider ritual patterns of the central Mediterranean and beyond. The paper provides discussion of the leading issues and arguments applied to this rich case study of island ritual

Ancient history · Archaeology · Archipelago · Art · Bronze Age · Ethnology · Geography · Maltese · Mediterranean climate · Mediterranean Islands · Prehistory · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology