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Il mosaico con i pilei dei Dioscuri (insula IV, Tindari, Messina) : nuove prospettive di ricerca dai tokens Ghent University
After a trip : the effects of AugustusU+2019 propaganda in Sicily through historical, numismatic and archaeological sources Ghent University
Tokens and the reproduction of divinities in Hellenistic and Roman Sicily : some preliminary case studies Ghent University
Why should the Palermo museum and Antonino Salinas keep Arabic coins? New records on Canon Giovanni Pacetto’s donation (1877) Ghent University
The main scope of this paper is to understand the role of Italian authorities acquiring Arabic coins for Sicilian museums. In particular, this essay presents some valuable, unpublished records that are relevant to the history of state collections in Sicily. Antonino Salinas (1841–1914), Director of the Palermo Museum and skilful numismatist, played a leading role in the history of Sicilian archaeology. In 1877, he accepted a donation of some ...
Reconsidering the Calvatone Hoard 1942 : a numismatic case study on the Roman vicus of Bedriacum (Cremona, Italy) Ghent University
Having defeated the Celts in northern Italy, the Romans built the Via Postumia, a vital road connecting Aquileia (east) and Genova (Genoa, west), in 148 BC. On that occasion, the Romans founded Bedriacum, a small vicus close to the present town of Calvatone (Cremona), which past and current excavations by the University of Milan are revealing as a vital centre of Roman Gallia Cisalpina (Cisalpine Gaul). Recent investigations have shed new light ...
A new terracotta tessera from the excavations of the University of Milan at Palmyra (Tadmor, Syrian Arab Republic) (2010) Ghent University
Between 2007 and 2010 the University of Milan and the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums in Damascus carried out archaeological excavations in the southwest area of ancient Palmyra (Tadmor - Syrian Arab Republic)1. One of the most significant results of this field research, directed by Professor Maria Teresa Grassi and Dr. Waleed Al-As’Ad, has been the discovery of a vast (probably private) Roman building containing a large peristyle ...
When archaeology meets communities : impacting interactions in Sicily over two eras (Messina, 1861-1918) Ghent University
When Archaeology Meets Communities examines the history of nineteenth-century Sicilian archaeology through the archival documentation for the excavations – official and casual – at Tindari, Lipari and nearby minor sites in the Messina province from Italy’s Unification to the end of the First World War (1861-1918). The area and historical period have been fully neglected by past scholars and need in-depth investigation. The substantial evidence ...
Collecting coins and connecting collectors : government and social networks in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816-1860) Ghent University
Recent archival research has revealed new data on the history of collecting and archaeology in northern Sicily during the nineteenth century, when Sicily was ruled by the Bourbons and annexed to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Records show how collectors, dealers and diggers operated in this historical context, and authorities dealt with illegal excavations, acquisition of collections and exportations of finds abroad. The main scope of this ...
The historical evolution of the Tindari-Marinello spit (Patti, Messina, Italy) Ghent University
The aim of this paper is to investigate the evolution of Tindari-Marinello spit, which comprises a natural reserve and small lakes between Tindari (west) and Oliveri (east) towns of Messina province (Sicily, Italy). In particular, the spit is certainly worthy of analysis because it represents a significant case study of interaction between human activities and geological evolution of the lakes and coastline. The paper will also provide data on ...