When Archaeology Meets Communities.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crisà, Antonino.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology).

Community archaeology.

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

When Archaeology Meets Communities

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2018.

Summary:

When Archaeology Meets Communities examines the history of nineteenth-century Sicilian archaeology through the archival documentation for the excavations 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).

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

List of Figures

List of Diagrams

List of Tables

Figure 0.1: Map of Sicily showing key sites in the province of Messina, discussed in the text (photo: author).

Introduction

0.1 An overview of the book

0.2 Contextualising the research

0.3 Book themes and aims

0.4 A general overview of scholarship

0.5 The wider context: a new archaeological discipline

0.6 The regional context: some Sicilian case studies

0.7 Data sets and archives

0.7.1 Outlining documentary resources

0.7.2 The archives

0.7.3 Lost, missing, or undiscovered records

0.8 Research approach and methodology

0.9 A short note on terminology

Table 1: Table showing all documentary Appendices ('App.') and relevant references (source: author).

Table 2: Casual discoveries and excavations in the province of Messina (1861-1917) (source: author).

Figure 0.2: Glasgow - The so-called Crater of Akratos from the Scolarici Collection (Murray 1886: 55, fig. 2).

Figure 0.3: Augustus Henry Pitt Rivers (1827-1900) (source: Wikipedia).

Figure 0.4: Tripoli (Libya) - postcard showing Italian soldiers (1912) (private collection).

Figure 0.5: Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832-1904) (Beyer and Keydel 1901, I: 212).

Figure 0.6: Vizzini - postcard showing the town in the early 20th century (private collection).

Figure 0.7: Gela - postcard showing the city in the early 20th century (private collection).

Diagram 1: Scheme showing archival documentation by site (source: author).

Table 3: Outline of records on the history of archaeology in the province of Messina (1861-1918) (source: author).

Figure 0.8: Rome - The Central State Archive in the EUR district (photo: author).

Figure 0.9: Palermo - postcard depicting the courtyard of the National Museum in the early 20th century (private collection).

Figure 0.10: Patti - view of the Bishop's Curia and Cathedral on the hill top (photo: author).

Figure 0.11: Glasgow - Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (photo: author).

Table 4: Scheme showing key words on the protection of antiquities occurring in records (source: author).

Chapter 1: Contextualising Archaeology in Post-Unification Italy and Sicily (1861-1918)

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The emergence of an Italian archaeology

1.2.1 Early stages and safeguarding of antiquities (1861-75)

1.2.2 From the 'General Direction' towards a national legislation (1875-1909)

1.2.3 National and regional archaeology and antiquarianism

1.2.4 Archaeologists, museums, excavations, and new journals

1.3 The history and archaeology of post-Unification Sicily

1.3.1 Garibaldi, the Unification and the CABAS (1861-75)

1.3.2 New phase, new archaeologists: Salinas and Orsi (1875-1918)

1.3.3 A major site: excavations and renovations in Sicily

1.3.4 Research outputs and new journals

1.3.5 Insights into social and economic contexts

1.3.6 Contextualising 19th-century Palermo, Syracuse and Messina

1.4 The safeguarding of antiquities: a three-level system

1.4.1 Introduction

1.4.2 Level 1: The Italian state

1.4.3 Level 2: Regional institutions

1.4.4 Level 3: Local authorities

1.5 Forging a regional identity: Antonino Salinas and the Palermo Museum

1.5.1 Introduction

1.5.2 References and sources

1.5.3 Biography: a new state archaeologist

1.5.4 An overview of Salinas' scientific output

1.5.5 Public and private writings by Salinas: some examples

1.5.6 Working at the Museum

1.5.7 'Escursioni archeologiche': Salinas travelling in the province of Messina.

1.5.8 After Salinas (1914-2017)

Figure 1.1: Bisaccia (Avellino) - armed bandits in 1862 (source: Wikipedia).

Figure 1.2: Milan - postcard showing the Accademia di Brera (1920s) (private collection).

Figure 1.3: Giuseppe Fiorelli (1823-96) (source: Wikipedia).

Figure 1.4: Giacomo Boni (1859-1925) in Forum Romanum excavation (Tea 1932, II: pl. iv).

Figure 1.5: Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-82) in the 1870s (source: Wikipedia).

Figure 1.6: Coin of Victor Emmanuel II ('5 centesimi', 1861) (source: Numismatica Ranieri).

Figure 1.7: Paolo Orsi (1859-1935) (Pace 1935-49, I: 61, fig. 31).

Figure 1.8: Solunto - the Roman house of the so-called Gymnasium (photo: author).

Figure 1.9: Syracuse - view of the Temple of Apollo (photo: author).

Figure 1.10: Michele Amari (1806-89) (source: Wikipedia).

Figure 1.11: Adolf Holm (1830-1900) (source: Wikipedia).

Figure 1.12: The first issue of Bullettino della Commissione di Antichità e Belle Arti (1864).

Figure 1.13: Palermo - view of Piazza Pretoria (photo: author).

Figure 1.14: Syracuse - postcard showing the National Museum (private collection).

Figure 1.15: Messina - the seafront (Via Vittorio Emanuele) before the 1908 earthquake (AA.VV. 1909: 55).

Figure 1.16: Messina - the seafront (Via Vittorio Emanuele) after the 1908 earthquake (AA.VV. 1909: 153).

Figure 1.17: Antonino Salinas (1841-1914) (Pace 1935-49, I: 56, fig. 27).

Figure 1.18: Plate by Salinas illustrating Punic coins, minted at Motya (Salinas 1858: 9).

Figure 1.19: Palermo - internal cloister of the Museo Archeologico Regionale 'A. Salinas' (photo: author).

Figure 1.20: Domenico Lo Faso Pietrasanta, Duke of Serradifalco (1783-1863) (Pace 1935-49, I: 42, fig. 22).

Figure 1.21: Salinas' typewriter - an American 'Remington Standard 10', US 1908 (Palermo Museum) (photo: author).

Chapter 2: Sites and Contexts of the Province of Messina Through Antiquarianism and Archaeology

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto

2.2.1 An outline of the historical contexts

2.2.2 Archival documentation

2.3 Lipari

2.3.1 From Lipara to Lipari

2.3.2 Antiquarian and archaeological research

2.3.3 Substantial records from archives

2.4 Naso

2.4.1 History of the town

2.4.2 Documentation

2.5 San Fratello

2.5.1 Identifying ancient Apollonia

2.5.2 Minor records from archives

2.6 San Marco d'Alunzio

2.6.1 History of ancient Haluntium

2.6.2 San Marco d'Alunzio between antiquarianism and archaeology

2.6.3 Archival records

2.7 Sorrentini

2.7.1 A small hamlet in Messina province

2.7.2 Crucial records from Rome

2.8 Spadafora

2.8.1 The history and archaeology of Spadafora S. Martino

2.8.2 Documents and pictures of the ancient kiln

2.9 Tindari

2.9.1 An introduction to the history of ancient Tyndaris

2.9.2 Long-standing antiquarian research

2.9.3 Players in action: Barons Sciacca della Scala, priests and collectors

2.9.4 A brief history of recent archaeological excavations

2.9.5 Major records and substantial data

2.10 Tripi

2.10.1 Rediscovering Abakainon

2.10.2 Archives and records of a 'minor site'

2.11 Tusa

2.11.1 Historical outline on Alaesa Archonidea

2.11.2 Antiquarian and archaeological research from Torremuzza to Scibona

2.11.3 Reporting through documents and pictures

Figure 2.1: Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto - satellite view (source: Google Earth).

Figure 2.2: Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto - terracotta vase from the necropolis (Orsi 1915: 74, fig. A).

Figure 2.3: Lipari - satellite view of Contrada Diana (necropolis) and Palazzo Vescovile (acropolis) (source: Google Earth).

Figure 2.4: Lipari - view of the main port (photo: author).

Figure 2.5: Lipari - plate showing Greek inscriptions (Houël 1782-87, I: pl. lxi).

Figure 2.6: Cefalù - E. Pirajno's private room and library at Palazzo Mandralisca (photo: author).

Figure 2.7: Lipari - drawing of two graves found at the necropolis (Orsi 1929: 68, fig. 26).

Figure 2.8: Naso - satellite view (source: Google Earth).

Figure 2.9: Naso - postcard showing the landscape in 1908 (private collection).

Figure 2.10: San Fratello - satellite view (source: Google Earth).

Figure 2.11: San Fratello - postcard showing the small town in the early 20th century (private collection).

Figure 2.12: San Marco d'Alunzio - view of the modern town (photo: author).

Figure 2.13: San Marco d'Alunzio - the Latin inscription reporting the MVNICIPIVM HALVNTINVM formula (Gualtherus 1624: 48-49).

Figure 2.14: San Marco d'Alunzio - view of the so-called 'Temple of Herakles' (photo: author).

Figure 2.15: San Marco d'Alunzio - plan of the 'Temple of Herakles' (Salinas 1880: 192).

Figure 2.16: San Marco d'Alunzio - Opus signinum floor of a Roman house (photo: author).

Figure 2.17: Sorrentini - satellite view of the town and the modern cemetery (source: Google Earth).

Figure 2.18: Sorrentini - view of the hamlet from the cemetery hill (photo: author).

Figure 2.19: Sorrentini - view of the cemetery (photo: author).

Figure 2.20: Spadafora - satellite view of the town (source: Google Earth).

Figure 2.21: Spadafora - postcard depicting the city centre in the early 20th century (private collection).

Figure 2.22: Tindari - satellite view of the archaeological site with local 'Contrade' (source: Google Earth).

Figure 2.23: Tindari - view of the promontory from Tripi (photo: author).

Figure 2.24: Tindari - view looking north of Cape Tindari, the new Sanctuary, Scala di Patti and the Gulf of Oliveri (photo: author).

Figure 2.25: Tindari - the Roman basilica, viewed from the south in the mid-19th century (Lo Faso 1834-42, V: pl. 33).

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781784917920

1784917923

OCLC:

1255222080