Trinacria, 'An Island Outside Time': International Archaeology in Sicily

Sebastiano Tusa, professor, head of heritage agencies, and councillor for Cultural Heritage for the Sicilian Region, has promoted the exploration of Sicily's heritage through international collaboration. This has led to the creation of productive methodological, theoretical, and interpretative networks that have had a far-reaching impact beyond Sicily and Italy. This anthology of papers presents the work of and results from contemporary, multi-national research projects in Sicily, focusing on the Archaic through to the Roman period and including diachronic studies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 28 April 2021
Publisher: Oxbow Books

Trinacria, the ancient name for Sicily, has been the focus of decades of archaeological research, recognizing its rich prehistory and pivotal role in the history of the Mediterranean. Sebastiano Tusa, professor, head of heritage agencies, and councillor for Cultural Heritage for the Sicilian Region, has promoted the exploration of the island's heritage through international collaboration. His decades of fostering research initiatives have produced rich archaeological results spanning the Palaeolithic to the modern era, bringing scholars from a range of schools and disciplines to work together in Sicily. Through his efforts, unique methodological, theoretical, and interpretative networks have been created, with their impact extending far beyond Sicily and Italy.

To highlight these networks and their results, the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, the Swedish Institute in Rome, the Norwegian Institute in Rome, the British School at Rome, and the Assessorato dei Beni Culturali of Sicily, with generous support from the Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, assembled this anthology of papers. The aim is to present a selection of the work of and results from contemporary, multi-national research projects in Sicily.

The collaboration between the Sicilian and international partners, often in an interdisciplinary framework, has generated important results and perspectives. The articles in this volume present research projects from throughout the island. The core of the articles is concerned with the Archaic through to the Roman period, but diachronic studies also trace lines back to the Stone Age and up to the contemporary era. A range of methods and sources are explored, thus creating an up-to-date volume that is a referential gateway.

Weight: 1142g
Dimension: 223 x 288 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789255911