New discoveries at Mokarta, a Bronze Age hilltop settlement in western Sicily

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ID7658745
AutoresChristopher Sevara (0000-0002-8061-4322, University of Vienna, autor correspondente), Roderick B Salisbury (0000-0003-3773-5337, University of Vienna), Ralf Totschnig (Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics), Michael Doneus (0000-0001-5091-0094, University of Vienna), Klaus Löcker (0000-0003-4772-2628, Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics), Sebastiano Tusa (0000-0003-3337-7130, Regione Siciliana)
Ano2020
Volume94
Fascículo375
Páginas686-704
Data de publicação2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
EditoraAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2019.171
OpenAlexW3034214333
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas12

Extensive settlement activity at the Bronze Age site of Mokarta in western Sicily has previously been inferred, but the extent and condition of its subsurface remains have never been established. The authors use geophysical prospection, historical and modern remote-sensing data and soil chemistry to identify previously undocumented structures and activity areas extending beyond those exposed by previous excavations. This exercise not only has implications for the multifaceted social organisation of Late Bronze Age communities in Sicily, but, more generally, demonstrates how minimally invasive investigative techniques combined with existing data can reveal subsurface archaeological sites and the impact of post-depositional processes

Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Excavation · Geography · Prospection · Settlement (finance) · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology