Rural Malta : first results of the joint Belgo-Maltese survey project

The paper presents the first interdisciplinary results of a joint survey project in the north-west of Malta, with finds ranging from the Prehistoric till the Early Modern period. Three permanently inhabited sites were encountered dating to at least the late 6th or early 5th century BCE, with a clearer attestation in the Hellenistic/Roman and Late Antique periods. The resulting reconstructed settlement pattern of the Phoenician/Punic period suggests a managed landscape that seems to be a good reflexion of what is happening in North Africa and elsewhere in the central and western Mediterranean. At least from the Roman period on, these sites seem to have specialised on the production of olive oil.peer-reviewe

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Review of F. Wiel-Marin, La ceramica attica a figure rosse di Adria (Padova, 2005)

Review of publication of historically interesting Italian collection from the ancient city of Adri

Review J.G. Szilágy, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Budapest, fascicule 2 (2007) en A. Schöne-Denkinger, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Berlin, Antikensammlung, fascicule 11 (2009)

Review of the publication of a collection of ancient Italian pottery (CVA Budapest 2) and a collection of Attic kraters (Berlin 11)

Dionysos on lekythoi: a surprising presence?

The presence of Dionysian imagery on black-figure lekythoi is problematic, all the more since the percentage of this type of images on black-figure lekythoi is larger than on cups and kraters, vessels meant for use in symposia. This percentage drops dramatically in red-figure. An explanation is suggested in the predominant use of the lekythos as a grave-gift, and the attempt to find an image that appeals both to a masculine ideal and to co-operative values