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 de correspondencia), 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)
Año2020
Volumen94
Número375
Páginas686-704
Fecha de publicación2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
EditorialAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2019.171
OpenAlexW3034214333
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias 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