Unveiling the past of an Ancient Town Akrai-Acrae in South-Eastern Sicily /

Unveiling the past of an Ancient Town Akrai-Acrae in South-Eastern Sicily / edited by Roksana Chowaniec. - 1st. pub. - Warsaw : Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, 2015. - 402 p. : illus. (some col) ; 30 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Notes of contributors -- Foreword / Roksana Chowaniec -- Collaboration between the Archaeological Unit of Soprintendenza ai Beni Culturali e Ambientali of Syracuse and the University of Warsaw / Rosa Lanteri -- The Prehistory of Akrai and its surrounding area / Lorenzo Guzzardi -- General remarks on the new archaeological studies in Akrai/Acrae (2009-2014) / Roksana Chowaniec -- Comments on the history and topograpy of Akrai/Acrae in the light of new research / Roksana Chowaniec -- Kite aerial photogrammetry / Miron Bogacki -- Comparison of the results of magnetic and gradient surveys with the real situation in the field on the basis of excavations in Trench I at Akrai/Acrae. New possibilities for the interpretation of geophysical maps / Krzysztof Misiewicz -- Uncovering the discovered view. The workshop for modern archaeological documentation / Monika Stobiecka -- Preliminary remarks on antoniniani imitations from recent excavations at Akrai/Acrae / Thomasz Wiecek -- Flints from Akrai / Marta Fitula -- Late Antique glass vessels from the excavations at Akrai / Marcin Wagner -- The Lamps of the 2011-2014 campaigns and their contribution towards a better understanding of the lychnological phenomenon in the Hyblaean highlands / Laurent Chrzanovski -- Kitchen and Cooking wares. First remarks / Ursula Wienciak -- Roman and Late Antique fine pottery from Akrai (2011-2014). First discoveries and research problems / Krzysztof Domzalski -- Plain Table Ware from Akrai. Preliminary approach / Jolanta Mlynarczyk -- Petro-archaeometric characterization of ancient pottery from Akrai / Germana Barone, Paolo Mazzoleni, Simona Raneri, Roksana Chowaniec, Marta Fitula -- Comments on animal husbandry and meat diet on the basis of analysis of animal bone remains / Anna Grezak -- Akrai/Acrae. A Selected bibliography / Paolo Daniele Scirpo.

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Pottery, Ancient--Italy--Sicily.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Akrai-Acrae (Sicily)


Sicily (Italy)--Antiquities, Roman.
Sicily (Italy)--Antiquities.
Akrai-Acrae (Sicily)--Antiquities.

DG55.S5 / U58 2015