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Palazzolo Acredine, Sicily, Italy : Excavations in 2014

2014, 53, Tom 53, Nr A

Roksana Chowaniec

0000-0003-3882-8797

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Archaeology

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09.02.2015

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archeologia

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angielski

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The archaeological site of Akrai, located in the south-western outskirts of the modern town of Palazzolo Acreide, in the south-eastern part of Sicily, was founded in a naturally strategic site, atop the Acremonte plateau (sometimes also called Acre Monte or Serra Palazzo), i.e., one of the hills forming the hyblaean Mountains. Interests in this ancient town have a long and rich history, mostly because its name appeared in ancient written sources, i.e., History of the Peloponnesian War of Thucydides (vI.5.2), The Library of History of Diodorus Siculus (23.4.1), and 1 I would like to thank all the members of thearchaeological team for the excellent collaboration. Extraordinary thanks go to beatrice basile PhD – the then Director of Soprintendenza dei beni Culturali e Ambientali di Siracusa, to Prof. Rosalba Panvini – the present Directorand to Rosa Lanteri PhD – Director of the Archaeological Department of Soprintendenza dei beni Culturali e Ambientali di Siracusa. 2 Akrai belonged to the Kingdom of Syracuse, which is, in thecontext of an agreement between Rome and hieron II in 263 bC, confirmed by Diodorus Siculus (The Library of History, 23.4.1). History of rome by Livy (XXIv, 35–36) or itinerarium Antonini (89, 8: Agris) and Tabula Peutingeriana (Segmentum vII – Via Selinuntina: Agris). The discovery of the town occurred in several stages, which seems to illustrate the European way from antiquary and historical studies to modern archaeology (ChoWANIEC, REKoWSKA 2013). For the first time in 1558, the ancient name Akrai was correctly connected with archaeological ruins in the vicinity of Palazzolo Acreide by a Sicilian monk Tommaso Fazello (1498–1570). Archaeologicalexcavations began already in the 19th c.and lasted for one hundred years (JUDICA 1819; oRSI 1891; bERNAbò bREA 1956; ChoWANIEC 2015). Since 2009, thanks to a cooperation agreement between the University of Warsaw and the Soprintendenza dei beni Culturali e Ambientali di Siracusa, new archaeological excavations werestarted (ChoWANIEC 2013). Theresearch in 2014 was a continuation of previous fieldworks (WIęCEK, ChoWANIEC, GUzzARDI 2014)

Słowa kluczowe:

archaeometry,byzantine Period,domestic production,hellenistic Period,pottery,Roman Period

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