The late prehistory of Malta : : essays on Borġ in-Nadur and other sites / / edited by Davide Tanasi and Nicholas C. Vella.

• Superior document: Archaeopress archaeology
• TeilnehmendeR: Tanasi, Davide, 1974-; Vella, Nicholas C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,, [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeopress archaeology.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (199 pages) :; illustrations, maps.

Borg in-Nadur, Malta, is a major multi-period site, with archaeological remains that span several thousand years. Excavations were carried out here in 1881 and again in 1959. This volume provides an exhaustive account of the stratigraphy, the pottery, the lithic assemblages, the bones, and the molluscs.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION by Davide Tanasi and Nicholas C. Vella -- 1. Archaeological excavations at the prehistoric settlementof Borġ in-Nadur: David H. Trump's 1959 campaigns by Nicholas C. Vella -- 2. A defensive wall with towers at Borġ in-Nadur by Giuseppe Terranova -- 3. The pottery from the excavation campaigns of David Trump (1959) by Davide Tanasi -- 4. Archaeometric characterization of Middle Bronze Age pottery from the settlement at Borġ in-Nadur by Germana Barone, Paolo Mazzoleni, Simona Raneri, Davide Tanasi, Alessandro Giuffrida -- 5. A leaf impression on a pottery sherd from the settlement at Borġ in-Nadur: a note by Giuseppe Baiamonte -- 6. The stone artefacts by Damiano Bracchitta -- 7. The prehistoric shells and fossils by Katrin Febech and Oatrick J. Schembri -- 8. Skeletal remains by Andrea Messina and Davide Tanasi -- 9. The Early Bronze Age in the Maltese Islands by Alberto Cazzella and Giulia Recchia -- 10. The Bronze Age settlement at il-Qlejgħa tal-Baħrija, Malta: notes on the rock-cut features by David Cardona and MariaElena Zammit -- The Borg in-Nadur pottery abroad by Davide Tanasi -- 12. Sacred stones: managing visitors and spaces by Iona Muscat -- Index of places -- Index of names.