On the Paths of Prehistory : Tracking Mobility and Relationships from Neolithic to Bronze Age in Central Sicily.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calderone, Dario.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neolithic period.

Bronze age.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (108 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bicester : Archaeopress, 2024.

Summary:

Using various research methods and sources, the author identifies natural pathways in Milena, central-southern Sicily, that were likely used throughout prehistory to reach the coasts from this inland region that continued to be used in more recent historical periods, including the Roman period and the Middle Ages.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Information

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Figure 1. Map of Sicily showing the location of the territories Milena, Campofranco, and Sutera around the rivers Platani and Gallo d’Oro in the white box. Colorized version of the DEM from Tinitaly DEM made available by the Sezione di Pisa Istituto Itali

Figure 2. Aerial photograph of the Sicani Mountains in the Milena area.

Table 1. Archaeological phases, their absolute chronology of Sicilian prehistory, combined with ceramic styles.

Figure 3. Areas with signs of occupation during the Neolithic and the Copper Age.

Figure 4. Areas with signs of occupation during the Bronze Age in the Milena territory.

Figure 5. Entrance to the Tholos B at Monte Campanella (photo by the author).

Figure 6. Position of Tholos tombs in the territory of Milena.

Figure 7. Milena, Serra del Palco. CTR regione Sicilia overlayed by orthographic UAV photo. The locations of the different prehistoric settlement phases are marked in color. Neolithic settlements are marked by a green dot, Copper Age settlements in red, a

Figure 8. Milena, Monte Conca. CTR regione Sicilia overlayed by orthographic UAV photo. The locations of the different prehistoric settlement phases are marked in color. Neolithic settlements are marked by a green dot, Copper Age settlements in red, and B

Figure 9. Tombs located on the rocky spur in Lantaro Minico (photograph by the author).

Figure 10. Dense point cloud of the aerial photogrammetric survey of a site made with 3DF Zephyr software.

Figure 11. Textured mesh of the aerial photogrammetric survey of a site made with 3DF Zephyr software.

Figure 12. The DEM of Monte Conca (Milena-CL) created with the 3D model resulting from aerial photogrammetry images from a drone and processed with the 3DF Zephyr software.

Figure 13. Orthophoto processed with the 3DF Zephyr software and extrapolated from the three-dimensional model created with aerial photogrammetric image sets collected by a drone in the the locality of Rocca Aquilia (Milena-CL).

Figure 14. Finished 3D model, processed with 3DF Zephyr software. Courtesy of the Regional Department of Cultural Heritage and Sicilian Identity - Soprintendenza BB. CC. AA of Caltanissetta

Figure 16. Archaeological areas of Mustansello and Cimicia-Finaita: a) the hut identified in the Cimicia-Finaita area, b) the orthophoto of the Cimicia-Finaita archaeological site captured by drone aerial photography, c) the area of Mustansello, as seen t

Figure 15. Flowchart of the image preprocessing.

Figure 17. Positions of overlapping medieval and prehistoric archaeological sites around the medieval road system on the colorized version of the DEM from Tinitaly DEM (made available by the Sezione di Pisa Istituto Italiano di Geofisica e Vulcanologia; T

Figure 18. Territory of the municipality of Milena: Relationship between the River Gallo d’Oro and the principal mountain peaks on the Carta Tecnica Regionale (Regione Sicilia).

Figure 19. Distribution of Neolithic settlements along the territory of Milena in relation to the mountain ranges and the flow of rivers and streams on a colorized version of the DEM from Tinitaly DEM (made available by the Sezione di Pisa Istituto Italia

Figure 20. Positioning of the ruins of the so-called ‘Roman bridge’ over the Carta Tecnica Regionale (Regione Sicilia).

Figure 21. Monte Conca, reconstruction of the medieval road route in correspondence with the so-called Roman bridge over the Carta Tecnica Regionale (Regione Sicilia).

Figure 22. The reconstructive hypothesis of the location of prehistoric routes, superimposed on the medieval roads around the Conca and Paolino mountains, subsequently developed in a southerly direction, reaching the bottleneck between Monte Maniscalco an

Figure 23. Medieval period routes and hypothesized prehistoric paths near Serra del Palco and the Neolithic settlement superimposed on the Carta Tecnica Regionale (Regione Sicilia). Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781803278681

1803278684

OCLC:

1515404634