Archaeometric Identification of Maltese Imports in Prehistoric Sicily: Zebbug Pottery from Licata-Caduta (Agrigento)

Authors

Germana Barone
Domenica Gullì
Paolo Mazzoleni
Simona Raneri
Davide Tanasi, Arcadia UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Abstract

During the study of a pottery assemblage collected at the Sicilian site of Licata-Caduta (Agrigento), continuously occupied between the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, some ceramics presented typologies, fabrics and surface treatments alien to Sicilian repertoires and closer to Maltese productions. Sampled for petrographic (OM) and chemical (XRF) analyses one artefact turned out to be produced in Malta and imported into Sicily. The search for its chronological and cultural placement has led to the discovery of the first certified Żebbuġ phase import in Sicily.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Malta Archaeological Review, v. 10, p. 23-30

Scholar Commons Citation

Barone, Germana; Gullì, Domenica; Mazzoleni, Paolo; Raneri, Simona; and Tanasi, Davide, "Archaeometric Identification of Maltese Imports in Prehistoric Sicily: Zebbug Pottery from Licata-Caduta (Agrigento)" (2011). History Faculty Publications. 13.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/hty_facpub/13