The Bronze Age in Sicily
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23652158 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri (Beni Culturali, University of Salento, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 653-667 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Oxford Handbook Of The European Bronze Age (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199572861.013.0036 |
| OpenAlex | W2725639530 |
| ISBN | 9780199572861 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article discusses the Bronze Age in Sicily, which was once total autonomous from mainland Italy and a concentration of foreign contacts. It first observes that during the earliest stage of the Bronze Age, a system of coastal trade which extended over a major part of central Mediterranean could have existed in Sicily and in the Aeolian islands. The discussion then turns to the Early Bronze Age, which featured the Castelluccio culture and the Rodì-Tindari-Vallelunga and Moarda facies, and the Middle Bronze Age, which is characterised by the Thapsos-Milazzese facies. The latter half of the article focuses on the Late Bronze, Final Bronze, and Early Iron Ages, where a new connection between Sicily, the Aeolian islands, and mainland Italy was formed that greatly changed the role of these islands in the Mediterranean.
Aeolian processes · Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Facies · Geography · Iron Age · Mainland · Mediterranean climate · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies · Geology · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Paleontology
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |