Kale Akte, the fair promontory : settlement, trade and production on the Nebrodi coast of Sicily, 500 bc--ad 500 / Adam Lindhagen, with a foreword by R. J. A. Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindhagen, Adam, author.

Wilson A. J. R., author of foreword.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

University of British Columbia studies in the ancient world ; v.3.

University of British Columbia studies in the ancient world ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Caronia.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Antiquities.

Civilization.

Economic history.

Caronia (Italy)--Antiquities.

Caronia (Italy).

Sicily (Italy)--Economic conditions.

Sicily (Italy).

Sicily (Italy)--Civilization--To 800.

Italy--Caronia.

Italy--Sicily.

Physical Description:

x, 254 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2020.

Summary:

This volume investigates the interaction between the natural environment, market forces and political entities in an ancient Sicilian town and its surrounding micro-region over the time-span of a thousand years. Focusing on the ancient polis of Kale Akte (Caronia) and the surrounding Nebrodi area on the north coast of Sicily, the book examines the city's archaeology and history from a broad geographical and cultural viewpoint, suggesting that Kale Akte may have had a greater economic importance for Sicily and the wider Mediterranean world than its size and lowly political status would suggest. Also discussed is the gradual population shift away from the hill-top down to a growing harbour settlement at Caronia Marina, at the foot of the rock. 0The book is particularly important for the comprehensive analysis of the 1999-2004 excavations at the latter, with fresh interpretations of the function of the buildings excavated and their chronology, as well for reviewing the present state of our knowledge about Kale Acte/Calacte, and defining research questions for the future. The archaeological material at the heart of this study comes from excavations at the site conducted by the author. It is one of the few detailed publications from Sicily of Hellenistic and Roman amphora material.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The settlements

2. The territory: resources and communications

3. Archaeological research at Caroma and Marina di Caroma

4. The material evidence

5. Patterns of production and supply

6. Trading mechanisms: market and state

7. From trading post to rural village

Riassunto italiano

Appendix 1 Methodological problems and quantification of finds

Appendix 2 Thin-section analyses of selected amphorae / Anders Lindahl

Appendix 3 Catalogue of amphora fabrics

Appendix 4 Catalogue of finds.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1789252504

9781789252507

OCLC:

1088526464

Publisher Number:

99987681525