Dancing bodies: dance as an expression of the sacred
by Alessandra Fumai Describing a culture starting from the body, starting from the way in which the bodies cadence the ritual and daily space, can provide a non-naive reading of social organizations different from ours. When it comes to matriarchy and matriarchal culture we must, in my opinion, maintain a…
The creation myth in Paleolithic caves
by Alessandra De Nardis An article by the French journalist Manon Meyer appeared on National Geographic on January 3, 2023 entitled: "Why did prehistoric men and women paint in caves?"; the text is an interview with Jean-Loïc Le Quellec, prehistoric archaeologist, anthropologist and director emeritus of research at the CNRS who of…
The figurine of Passo di Corvo, "between dream, death and ecstasy" - Contrada Arpinova (FG)
by Maria Laura Leone The famous statue of Passo di Corvo was found in the Neolithic village of the same name in the plain of Foggia, at the foot of the Gargano mountains. It has been photographed and analyzed several times, commented in various writings [1]; and portrayed in a relief that clearly highlights its symbols, described…
Radmilli, Antonio Mario – Abruzzo over the millennia. From the lower Paleolithic to the Italic peoples
Author: Antonio Mario RadmilliPublisher: Adelmo PollaSeries: Tascabili d'AbruzzoYear edition: 1993Format: PaperbackPages: 176 pagesEAN: 9788874070589 as difficult and not easy as the search for the first human settlements in Abruzzo since…
Fontana, Federica – Nenzioni, Gabriele and Pagani, Carlo – Palaeolithic deposits and industries in the eastern Bologna area. New data and interpretative dynamics
Authors: Federica Fontana, Gabriele Nenzioni and Carlo Pagani Publisher: Luigi Donini Museum of Prehistory and Cultural Heritage Institute of the Emilia Romagna Region Year of edition: 2009 Format: Paperback Pages of the printed version: 254 pages EAN: 9788897281702 The volume examines unpublished materials from surface deposits largely known from earlier work. The goal is…
Anzidei, Anna Paola and Carboni, Giovanni – Rome before the myth: settlements and necropolises from the Neolithic to the early Metal Age in the Rome area (VI-III millennium BC)
Authors: Anna Paola Anzidei and Giovanni CarboniPublisher: ArchaeopressYear edition: 2020Format: PaperbackPages of the printed version: 1648 p.EAN: 9781789693089€ 180,00 The area corresponding to the modern city of Rome is usually known for the magnificent remains of the Roman civilization and the myths of its foundation in 753 BC. Less known…
AA.VV. – The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines
Authors: AA.VV. – Timothy Insoll (edited by)Publisher: Oxford University PressYear edition: 2017Format: HardbackPrint version pages: 960 p.EAN: 9780199675616€ 115,50 Figurines dating from prehistory have been found across the world but have never before been considered globally . The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines is the first book to…
Tinè, Vincenzo – Favella. A Neolithic village in Sibartide
Author: Vincenzo TinèPublisher: Istituto Poligrafico dello StatoYear edition: 2009Format: PaperbackPrint version pages: 629 p.EAN: 9788824027274€ 60,00The Neolithic village of Favella was discovered fifty years ago (1957), investigated for the first time in '60s and excavated almost continuously between 1990 and 2002. As often…
Coppola, Donato - The shelter of Agnano in the Upper Paleolithic. The Ostuni 1 burial and its symbols.
Author: Donato CoppolaPublisher: TerraYear of edition: 2013Format: BrossuraPrinted version pages: 368 p.EAN: 9788890334658€ 50,00First volume on interdisciplinary archaeological studies on the burial of the Paleolithic woman in labor found in the cave of Santa Maria di Agnano in the Municipality of Ostuni (Brindisi , southern Puglia).
Mussi, Margherita – Earliest Italy. An Overview of the Italian Paleolithic and Mesolithic
Author: Margherita MussiPublisher: Springer UsYear of edition: 2001Format: PaperbackPrint version pages: 399 p.EAN: 9780306464638€ 166,39A synthesis of Italian prehistory spanning more than 600,000 years beginning with the Lower Paleolithic and ending with the last hunter-gatherers. The author treats such issues as the development of social structure, the rise and…