https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49503 2026-04-15T06:35:52Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/50113 Title: Malta Archaeological Review, Issue 6 Editors: Camilleri, Patricia Abstract: Malta Archaeological Review, Issue 6 (2002/2003) Description: Includes : From the President / Antony de Bono - Society Activities - Review of publication by Brunella Bruno / Anthony Bonanno - List of Contributors 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49645 Title: Traditional boats of Malta Authors: Muscat, Joseph Abstract: Around the shores of the Maltese Islands, one can see various small, working boats which developed over a period of hundreds of years. When we refer to the traditional boats of Malta we refer to the five that have survived and which show the same constructional characteristics. It is interesting to note that one may come across certain local boats which originated after 1800 with the introduction of British rule in Malta but which do not comply with the traditional characteristics . 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49644 Title: The lyre player in Roman Malta Authors: Borg Cardona, Anna Abstract: All knowledge we have of music-making in the Roman period is based on literary or iconographic sources, and occasionally on extant musical instruments. Evidence shows that music was an integral .part of festivals, religious rituals, ceremonies, social occasions as well as military life and thus a very important part of a wide spectrum of Roman life. Roman culture was transported to each of the Empire's conquered lands, and one would expect the same to have happened sooner or later in Malta. Little is, in fact, known of musical life on the Maltese islands under Roman rule, a period spanning between 218B.C.and 535A.D. Large-scale theatres in which music would have played a major part, have not been discovered in Malta or in Gozo. However, this does not exclude the possibility of dramatic and musical performances taking place on the Islands either in some form of public theatre or in small private areas reserved for the purpose. We do find remains or iconographic evidence of various types of instruments, amongst them representatives of the string, wind and percussion type, indicating a local society with some degree of musical interest. This article concentrates on an archaeological find which sheds interesting light on one type of musical instrument which used to be heard in Roman Malta. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49633 Title: Maritime archaeology in the Mediterranean Authors: Parker, A.J. Abstract: The archaeological study of the Mediterranean sea and its coasts is, for the most part, thought of as underwater archaeology, and the history of maritime archaeology in the Mediterranean has conventionally been conceived as the story of underwater exploration. However, the discipline of archaeology as a whole has continued to develop, and the concern with conceptual issues which has characterized much archaeological scholarship in recent years is having an effect on the study of cultural remains found, not just on land, but in the sea as well. This paper will start with a brief review of the history of maritime archaeology in the Mediterranean region, and proceed to consider some of the new approaches which promise to deliver stimulating insights into the function of the sea and the role of seafarers during prehistoric and historic times. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z