Professor Anthony Bonanno
Department of Classics and Archaeology

Books

  • Portraits  and  Other Heads on Roman Historical Relief up to  the  Age  of Septimius  Severus (Oxford, British Archaeological Reports, 1976) 227pp.,  320 pls. (out of print)
  • Editor of Melita Historica, VIII, 4 (1983) and IX, 1 (1984)
  • An Illustrated Guide to Prehistoric Gozo (Gozo, Gaulitana, 1986) 48pp.
  • Editor of Archaeology and Fertility Cult in  the  Ancient  Mediterranean, Papers  presented at the First International Conference on Archaeology of  the Ancient Mediterranean. The University of Malta, 2-5 September 1985 (Amsterdam, B.R. Grüner, 1986) 356pp.
  • Editor of Laurea Corona, Studies in Honour of Edoard  Coleiro  (Amsterdam, B.R. Grüner, 1987) 232pp.
  • Malta: An Archaeological Paradise (Malta, M.J. Publications, 1987) 64pp.
  • Malta: Ein Archäologisches Paradies (Malta, M.J. Publications, 1990) 64pp.
  • Co-author and co-editor with  T.F.C.  BLAGG and A.T. LUTTRELL, Excavations at Hal Millieri, Malta, A report on the 1977 campaign conducted on behalf of the National Museum of Malta and the University of Malta  (Malta, University  of Malta Press, 1990).
  • Editor of  Journal of Mediterranean Studies I, 2 (1991)
  • Roman Malta, the Archaeological Heritage of the Maltese Islands  /  Malta Romana,  il Patrimonio Archeologico delle Isole Maltesi (Rome,  Confederazione Mondiale degli Exallievi ed Exallieve di Don Bosco, 1992).
  • Malte: un Paradis Archéologique (Malta, M.J. Publications, 1992)
  • Malta: il Fascino del'Archeologia (Malta, M.J. Publications, 1994)
  • Malta: An Archaeological Paradise (Malta, M.J. Publications, updated edition 1997) 64pp.
  • Editor of  Journal of Mediterranean Studies 9, 1 (2000). Jointly with A. Espinosa Rodriguez
  • Il-Preistorja (Malta, Pubblikazjonijiet Indipendenza, 2001).
  • An Illustrated Guide to Prehistoric Gozo (Gozo, Gaulitana, 2nd revised edition, 2002) 72pp
  • L-Arkeologija taí Malta (Malta, Pubblikazjonijiet Indipendenza, 2004). Jointly with E. Vella and M. Borg.
  • Malta. Phoenician, Punic and Roman (Malta, Midsea, 2005) (in the press)


    • Parts of Books

  • "Malta in the third century, in A. KING and M. HENIG (ed.) The Roman  West in the Third Century (Oxford, British Archaeological Reports, 1981) pp. 505-13
  • Sections on "Sculpture" and "Terracottas" in Excavations at Sidi  Khrebish Benghazi (Berenice), Supplements to Libya Antiqua V, vol.II (Tripoli 1983) pp. 51-90
  • Chapter on "Sculpture" in M. HENIG (ed.)  Handbook of  Roman  Art (Oxford, Phaidon, 1983) pp. 66-96. Translated into Spanish (1985)
  • "The  archaeology of Gozo: from prehistoric to Arab times",  in  C.  CINI (ed.) Gozo: the Roots of an Island (Malta, Said International, 1990) 11-45.
  • "The Birgu Peninsula in prehistoric and Classical times", in L. BUGEJA , M. BUHAGIAR,  S.  FIORINI (ed.), Birgu - a Maritime City  (Malta,  Central  Bank, 1993) 15-30
  • "Maltese megalithic art. Fertility cult or sexual representation?" in  Collected Papers published on the occasion of the Collegium Melitense  Quatercentenary Celebrations (1592-1992) 75-91
  • "New  light on death in prehistoric Malta: the Brochtorff Circle"  in  G. Burenhult  (ed.) People of the Stone Age. Hunter-gatherers and Early  Farmers, The Illustrated History of Humankind (New York, Harper Collins, 1993) 100-101. Jointly with S. Stoddart, S., T. Gouder, C. Malone, D.Trump.
  • "La  mort à Malte pendant la préhistoire: le Cercle de Brochtorff"  in  G. Burenhult (ed.), L'Age de Pierre, la Chasse, la Cueillette, l'Agriculture, Les Berceaux  de l'Humanité (Paris, Bordas, 1994) 100-101. Jointly with  S.  Stoddart, S., T. Gouder, C. Malone, D.Trump.
  • "Archaeology"  in  H. Frendo and O. Friggieri (ed.),  Malta.  Culture  and Identity (Malta, Ministry of Youth and the Arts, 1994) 81-103.


    • Articles

  • "Cyrenaican  funerary  portraits in Malta", Journal of  Roman  Studies  66 (1976) pp. 39-44, pls. II-III
  • "Another  funerary  portrait from Cyrenaica in the  British  Museum",  The Society  for Libyan Studies, Seventh Annual Report (1975-6) (London 1976)  pp. 27-30
  • "The Severan Commemorative Relief at Cyrene", The Society for Libyan Studies, Eighth Annual Report (1976-7) (London 1977) pp. 19-25
  • "Distribution  of villas and some aspects of the Maltese  economy  in  the Roman period", Journal of the Faculty of Arts (Royal University of Malta) I, 4 (1977) pp. 73-81
  • "L'habitat maltese in età romana", Kokalos 22-23 (1976-7) pp. 385-95
  • "Hal Millieri, Malta", Notiziario di Archeologia Medievale 21 (Dec.  1977) p. 44, jointly with T.BLAGG and A. LUTTRELL
  • "Hal Millieri explored", Vigilo 1 (1978) pp. 8-14
  • "Un gruppo di ermette decorative a Malta", Archeologia Classica 29  (1977) pp. 399-410
  • "Paris, Pelops, Hieron II or a Roman Flamen?", Mélanges de  l'Ecole  Française de Rome 91 (1979) pp. 343-353
  • "Paris,  Pelops  or a Roman flamen?", Greece and Italy in  the  Classical World, Acta of the XI International Congress of Classical Archaeology, London, 3-9 September 1978 (London 1979) p.279
  • "Lycophron and Malta", Miscellanea in Onore di Eugenio Manni (Rome  1979) pp. 273-6
  • "Two archaeological sites recently discovered at L-Iklin", Hyphen  II,  5 (Malta 1981) pp. 212-20
  • "Roman villa at Ramla Bay, Gozo", Heritage no. 32, pp.634-7
  • "Quintinus  and the location of the temple of  Hercules  at  Marsaxlokk", Melita Historica VIII, 3 (1982) pp. 190-240
  • "The importance of Tas-Silg", The Teacher (Apr. 1982) pp. 6-7
  • "The tradition of an ancient Greek colony in Malta", Hyphen IV, 1  (Malta 1983) pp. 1-17
  • "Giovanni Francesco Abela's legacy to the Jesuit College", Proceedings  of History Week 1983 (Malta 1984) pp. 27-37
  • "The Maltese artistic heritage of the Roman period", Proceedings of History Week 1984 (Malta 1986) pp. 1-12
  • "A socio-economic approach to Maltese prehistory. The  temple  builders", Malta: Studies of its Heritage and History (Malta 1986) pp. 17-45
  • "Tecniche costruttive dei templi megalitici maltesi, in  A.F. ANATI and E. ANATI (ed.) Missione a Malta (Milan 1988) pp. 101-11
  • "Imperial  and private portraiture: a case of  non-dependence",  Ritratto Ufficiale  e Ritratto Privato, Quaderni della "Ricerca Scientifica" 116  (Rome 1988) pp. 157-164
  • "Contiguità e continuità culturale e linguistica fra Sicilia e  Malta  in età prearaba", Hyphen V, 5 (Malta 1988) pp. 241-52
  • "Facilities in the Maltese libraries for the research worker in the Humanities:  the research worker point of view", in P. XUEREB (ed.)  Libraries  and Research in Malta (Malta 1988) pp. 21-24
  • "L-arkeologija  u l-identità nazzjonali", in T. CORTIS  (ed.)  L-Identità Kulturali ta' Malta (Malta 1989) pp. 165-181
  • "Evidence of Greek, Carthaginian and Etruscan maritime commerce south  of the Tyrrhenian: the Maltese case", in T. HACKENS (ed.), Navies and Commerce of the Greeks, the Carthaginians and the Etruscans in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Acts of the European Symposium held in ravello, January 1987. PACT 20 (1988) [appeared 1993] 418-28
  • "The originality of Roman Sculpture", Hyphen VI, 1 (1989) pp. 8-22
  • "Maltese prehistory", Swissair Gazette (June 1989) 28-34
  • "Status and stratification in Roman society in the fourth and third  centuries B.C.", Epistula Zimbabweana 23 (1989) 15-23
  • "Aspects of the socio-economic structure of Roman maritime commerce",  in PACT  27:  Le  Commerce Maritime des Romains, Actes du  Symposium  organisé  à Barcelone,  mai 1988, à la Mémoire de N. Lamboglia (ed. T. Hackens & M.  Miro) (Rixensart 1996) 47-56
  • "Monuments in an island society: the Maltese context", World  Archaeology 22, 2 (Oct. 1990) 190-205. Jointly with T. GOUDER, C. MALONE, S. STODDART,  D. TRUMP
  • "Malta's role in the Phoenician, Greek and Etruscan trade in the  western Mediterranean", Melita Historica X, 3 (1990) 209-224
  • "Malta's changing role in Mediterranean cross-currents. From prehistory to Roman  times", in S.FIORINI & V. MALLIA MILANES (ed.) Malta: a Case  Study  in International Cross-currents (Malta, 1991) 1-12.
  • "Introduction", Journal of Mediterranean Studies I, 2 (1991) 163-169.
  • "Die  megalithische  Kunst  Maltas,  Fruchtbarkeitskult  oder   sexuelle Repräsentation?" in G. TROMNAU (ed.), Die Grosse Göttin der Fruchtbarkeit: die Tempel der Vorzeit auf Malta (Duisburg 1992) 25-32.
  • "The  deterioration of cultural property by airborne pollutants:  a  case study  of a Mediterranean island" (jointly with JoAnn Cassar), in S. Hicks  et al. (ed.), Airborne Particles: their Negative Effects on the Cultural Heritage and its Environment, Round Tables, Ravello December 1989 and 1990  (Rixensart, PACT, 1991) [appeared in 1993] 161-182.
  • "Tarxien and Xaghra Circle. Their place in Mediterranean  proto-history", Le  Mont Bego. Une Montagne Sacrée de l'Age du Bronze. Sa Place dans  le  Contexte  des  Religions Protohistoriques du Bassin Méditerranéen.  Tende.  Alpes Maritimes, 5-11 July 1991 (in press).
  • "Tarxien and Tarxien Cemetery. Break or Continuity between Temple  Period and  Bronze  Age in Malta?", Congrès  Méditerranéen  d'Ethnologie  Historique. L'Identité  Méditerranéenne, Lisbon 4-8 November 1991, Mediterrâneo  2  (1993) 35-47.
  • "The prehistory and protohistory of the Maltese islands. Current  problems and  perspectives", X Jornades d'Estudis Històrics Locals: La  Prehistòria  de les  Illes de la Mediterrània Occidental, Mallorca 29-31 October  1991  (Palma 1993) 215-241.
  • "Archaeological parks and cultural tourism: a report on the  Malta  workshop", Archaeological Sites in Europe: Conservation, Maintenance and  Enhancement  [European  Colloquy jointly organised by the Council of Europe  and  the Istituto Português do Património Cultural, Conimbriga, Portugal, 18-20 October 1990] Architectural Heritage Series No. 22 (Council of Europe 1992) 57-60.
  • "Cult  in an island society: prehistoric Malta in  the  Tarxien  period", Cambridge  Archaeological Journal 3:1 (1993) 3-19. Jointly with  S.  Stoddart, S., T. Gouder, C. Malone, D.Trump.
  • "The death cults of prehistoric Malta", Scientific American 269:6  (December 1993) 76-83. Jointly with S. Stoddart, S., T. Gouder, C. Malone, D.Trump.
  • "The Romans in Malta", Treasures of Malta I,1 (1994) 48-53
  • "Malte antique", Revue du Monde Musulmane et de la Mediterranée 71  (1994) 39-47
  • "Contextual significance of ritual evidence in Malta", in  W.H.  Waldren, J.A. Ensenyat and R.C. Kennard (ed.), Ritual, Rites and Religion in  Prehistory, IIIrd Deia International Conference of Prehistory (Oxford, British Archaeological Reports 1995) 136-145
  • "Research on prehistoric and Roman Gozo: past, present and future", in  J. Farrugia  &  L. Briguglio (ed.), A Focus on Gozo (Malta, University  of  Malta Gozo Centre, 1996) 41-57
  • "Temple  megalithism vs. funerary megalithism. The case  of  the  Maltese islands", XIII International Congress of Prehistoric and Protohistoric  Sciences Forlì - Italia - 8/14 September 1996, Colloquia vol. 9 (Forlì, A.B.A.C.O., 1996) 103-107
  • "The  study of archaeology in Malta",  Malta  Archaeological Review i (1996) 6-7
  • "The  artist  in prehistoric religious  ritual:  servant  or master?" in PACE, A. (ed.), Maltese Prehistoric Art: 5000-2500 BC (Malta, Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti/National Museum of Archaeology, 1996) 53-58
  • "Egyptian iconography in ancient Maltese art",  Treasures of Malta II, 3 (1996) 43-47
  • "Excavations at Tas-Silg 1996", Malta Archaeological  Review 2 (1997) 8-10 (jointly with A. Frendo)
  • "Gli enigmi dell'archeologia maltese: i templi megalitici  e le  figure adipose" in FORMIGNANI, F., Malta (Milan, UTET,  1997) 57-59
  • "The imperial portraits from Malta: their contextual significance",  in  BOUZEK, J. & ONDREJOVA, I. (ed.),  Roman  Portraits. Artistic and Literary (Mainz, Philipp von Zabern, 1997) 62-64.
  • "Malta  (Melite - Gaulos)", in MAYER, M. & RODA,  I.  (ed.), Ciudades  Antiguas del Mediterráneo (Barcelona-Madrid,  Lunewerg, 1998) 322-25.
  • "An Egyptianizing relief from Malta", in BONACASA, N. et al., L'Egitto  in Italia, dall'Antichità al Medioevo (Rome,  Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 1998) 217-28.
  • Tarxien, Xaghra Circle and Tas-Silg. Occupation and re-use of temple-sites in the early  Bronze Age, in A. Mifsud & C. Savona Ventura (ed.), Facets of Maltese Prehistory, Malta, Prehistoric Society of Malta, 1999: 209-23.
  • Malta: Microcosmo Mediterraneo, Archeologia Viva 75 (nuova serie) (maggio-giugno 1999): 20-37
  • The rise and fall of megalithism in Malta, in K.W. Beinhauer, G. Cooney, C.E. Guksch, S. Kus, Studien zurMegalithik/The Megalithic Phenomenon, Mannheim/Weissbach, Beier & Beran, 1999: 99-112.
  • Early colonization of the Maltese islands: the status quaestionis, in V.M. Guerrero & S. Gornés (ed.), Colonización Humana en Ambientes Insulares. Interaccióncon el Medio y Adaptación Cultural, Palma, 2000: 323-337.
  • Il-wirt arkeologiku taí Hal Kirkop, fi H.C.R. Vella (ed.), Hal Kirkop u l-Inhawi taí Madwaru, Malta, 2000. Jointly with N.C. Vella.
  • "Malte sous les Romains", Dossiers díArchéologie (Sept. 2001):
  • "Temples et sanctuaires", Dossiers díArchéologie (Sept. 2001):
  • (ed.) Excavations at Tas-Silg, Malta. A preliminary report on the 1996-1998 campaigns conducted by the Department of Classics and Archaeology of the University of Malta, Mediterranean Archaeology 13 (2000) [2002]: 57-114. Jointly with A. J. Frendo
  • "Art" in A. Bonanno and A.J. Frendo (ed.), Excavations at Tas-Silg, Malta. A preliminary report on the 1996-1998 campaigns conducted by the Department of Classics and Archaeology of the University of Malta, Mediterranean Archaeology 13 (2000) [2002]: 99-102
  • "Introduction" in A. Bonanno and A.J. Frendo (ed.), Excavations at Tas-Silg, Malta. A preliminary report on the 1996-1998 campaigns conducted by the Department of Classics and Archaeology of the University of Malta, Mediterranean Archaeology 13 (2000) [2002]: 67-71. Jointly with A. J. Frendo.
  • "Malta tra Africa e Sicilia: indici dei contatti marittimi nel II millennio" in Claudio Giardino (ed.), Culture Marinare nel Mediterraneo Centrale e Occidentale fra il XVII e il XV  secolo A.C., Roma, Begatti Libri, 1999 [2001]: 97-107
  • "Archeologia paleocristiana e bizantina di Malta. Nuove acquisizioni e nuove riflessioni", in Rosa Maria Carra Bonacasa (ed.), Byzantino-Sicula IV (Atti del I Congresso Internazionale di Archeologia della Sicilia Bizantina, Corleone, 28 luglio- 2 agosto 1998), Palermo 2002: 653-576.
  • Sections on Malta and Gozo in P. Kakridis (ed.), In Odysseusí Wake. Voyaging between myth and reality (Athens 2003): 94-101; 147-153.
  • "Malta during Phoenician, Roman and Byzantine times: outside influences and original traits" in K.Gambin (ed.), Malta ­ Roots of a Nation. The development of Malta from an island people to an island nation (Malta 2004): 45-54.
  • "Bones and bowls: a preliminary interpretation of the faunal remains from the Punic levels in Area B at the temple of Tas-Silg, Malta" in S. Jones OíDay et al. Behaviour Behind Bones: the zoo-archaeology of ritual, religion, status and identity (Oxford 2004): 47-53. Jointly with A. Corrado and N. Vella.
  • "The past environment of the Maltese Islands: the Marsa cores" in L. Eneix (ed.), Exploring the Maltese Prehistoric Temple Culture: presentations from the 2003 conference (available on CD) (Sarasota 2004): 10 pp. Jointly with F.A. Carroll et al.
  • "Rituals of life and rituals of death" in D. Cilia (ed.), Malta before History (Malta 2004): 271-287.
  • "Insights into Maltaís Roman period", Kultura 21 no. 3 (Mejju-Gunju 2004): 10-11.
  • "The death cults of prehistoric Malta", Scientific American, Special Edition  (March 2005) 76-83. Jointly with S. Stoddart, S., T. Gouder, C. Malone, D.Trump.


    • Critical Reviews and Commentaries

  • Review of S. Mallia, Manwel Magri S.J. (Malta 1978) in Problemi  ta'  Llum XIX, 3 (March 1979) pp. 82-84
  • Review of M. Buhagiar, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Catacombs and Related Burial Places of the Maltese Islands (Oxford, B.A.R., 1986) in Melita Historica IX, 2 (1986)
  • "Malta  fil-Qedem":  a series of articles in Saghtar  [Malta]  nos.  66-79 (1978-81)
  • "Archaeology in Malta": a series of articles in Civilization [Malta]  nos. 19-31 (1985-88)
  • Review  of N. Kokkinos, Antonia Augusta, Portrait of a  Great  Roman  Lady (London  & New York, Routledge 1992) in Journal of Mediterranean  Studies  4,1 (1994) 152-154

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