H 290 x W 205 mm
400 pages
315 figures, 9 tables (colour throughout)
Italian text
Published Dec 2024
ISBN
Paperback: 9781789698138
Digital: 9781789698145
Keywords
Sicily; Prehistory; Medieval archaeology; Hypogeism; Megalithism; Architecture; Pottery; Faunal Remains; Anthropological remains; Survey techniques
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Praehistorica Mediterranaea Excavation Series 1
Edited by Pietro Militello
Paperback
£60.00
The Hypogeum of Calaforno is one of the most intriguing structures of prehistoric Sicily, an underground sequence of 35 chambers preceded by a vestibule and a megalithic entrance, built in the Late Copper Age. The book presents the results of the investigations inside the hypogeum between 2013-2017.
Pietro Militello (1963) is professor of Prehistoric Archaeology and Aegean Archaeology at the University of Catania, and director of the PhD school in Cultural Heritage at the same university. His research focuses on the prehistory of Crete and Sicily, interconnections in the prehistoric Mediterranean, textile archaeology, public archaeology and the history of archaeological research. He has directed or co-directed excavations in Sicily (Calicantone, Calaforno, Pantalica) and is Director of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Phaistos, Crete.
in italiano
Pietro Militello (Scicli, 1963) è professore ordinario di Archeologia preistorica e Archeologia dell’Egeo presso l’Università di Catania e direttore della scuola di dottorato in Beni culturali presso la stessa università. La sua ricerca si concentra sulla preistoria di Creta e della Sicilia, interconnessioni nel Mediterraneo preistorico, archeologia tessile, archeologia pubblica e storia della ricerca archeologica. Ha diretto o co-diretto scavi in Sicilia (Calicantone, Calaforno, Pantalica) ed è direttore della Missione archeologica italiana a Festòs, Creta.