A View from the Countryside. The Nature of the Late Punic and Early Roman Activity at the Zejtun Villa Site, Malta.

Nicholas C. Vella; Anthony Bonanno; Maxine Anastasi; Rebecca Farrugia; Katrin Fenech; Abigail R. Zammit; Dennis Mizzi; Babette Bechtold; Lieven Verdonck

A View from the Countryside. The Nature of the Late Punic and Early Roman Activity at the Zejtun Villa Site, Malta.

Autori

Nicholas C. Vella Department of Classics and Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta
Anthony Bonanno Department of Classics and Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta
Maxine Anastasi Department of Classics and Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta
Rebecca Farrugia Department of Classics and Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta
Katrin Fenech Department of Classics and Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta
Abigail R. Zammit Department of Classics and Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta
Dennis Mizzi Department of Oriental Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta
Babette Bechtold Institut für Klassische Archäologie, Universität Wien, Franz Klein-Gasse 1, 1190 Wien-Austria
Lieven Verdonck Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium

Parole chiave:

Rural, Agriculture Vineyard , Malta, Pottery

Abstract

A legacy of antiquarian and archaeological explorations in the Maltese archipelago has long been identified with the rock-cut tombs and associated funerary remains of the Phoenician and Punic periods. By contrast, little is known about the islands’ countryside in antiquity. Recent excavations at the site of a long-lived Roman villa complex in Żejtun (Malta) have begun to throw light on the rural world of the archipelago, unravelling the nature of the transition between the Punic and Roman periods where continuity rather than rupture implied by the phases of culture history is becoming clearer.

A View from the Countryside. The Nature of the Late Punic and Early Roman Activity at the Zejtun Villa Site, Malta.