OAR@UM: Tas-Silġ, Marsaxlokk (Malta) I : Archaeological Excavations conducted by The University of Malta, 1996-2005

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Tas-Silg, on The south-east coast of the island of Malta, is a major multi-period site, with archaeological remains spanning four thousand years. A megalithic temple complex built in the early third millennium BC gave way to a Phoenician and Punic sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Astarte. The sacred place underwent major transformations in Roman times, becoming an international religious complex dedicated to the goddess Juno. Located on the maritime routes plied by mariners and traders, its fame did not escape the attention of the first-century BC orator Cicero. Excavated as part of a major archaeological project in the 1960s, the site of Tas-Silg lay abandoned for several decades. In 1996, the University of Malta renewed excavations at the site for ten seasons, uncovering Neolithic and Late Bronze Age occupation levels, and substantial deposits associated with ritual offerings of Punic dare. This volume is the first monograph of the final publication of the excavations. It provides an account of those excavations and of the studies which accompanied them, including the lithic assemblages, the figurative representations, scarabs and amulets, the worked stone, the coins, and environmental analyses. It forms a companion volume to the second monograph, which reports on the pottery and the inscribed pottery.

ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES : SUPPLEMENT 48

Edited by

Anthony Bonanno and Nicholas C. Vella

Published by Leuven, Belgium : Peeters

© 2015

ISBN: 978-90-429-3076-6

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Issue Date	Title	Author(s)
2015	Palynology of some archaeological deposits from tas-Silġ	Hunt, Chris O.
2015	Coins and contacts	Frey-Kupper, Suzanne
2015	Environmental analyses based on molluscan and other sedimentological remains	Fenech, Katrin; Schembri, Patrick J.
2015	The worked stone	Cardona, David
2015	The lithic assemblages	Vella, Clive
2015	The figurative representations, scarabs and amulets	Bonanno, Anthony
2015	The stratigraphy	Vella, Nicholas C.; Mason, Simon; Farrugia, Rebecca; Zammit, MariaElena
2015	Introduction	Bonanno, Anthony; Vella, Nicholas C.
2015	Land ownership at Tas-Silġ and environs	Bugeja, Anton

Collection's Items (Sorted by Submit Date in Descending order): 1 to 9 of 9

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