Motya: investigating ancient Mediterranean cultures. Excavation, interdisciplinary study and analyses, interpretation and outreach
Anno
2017
Proponente Lorenzo Nigro - Professore Ordinario
Struttura
DIPARTIMENTO "ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI STUDI ORIENTALI - ISO"
Sottosettore ERC del proponente del progetto
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Componente Categoria
Caterina De Vito Componenti il gruppo di ricerca / Participants in the research project
Luca Benvenuti Componenti il gruppo di ricerca / Participants in the research project
Rino Ragno Componenti il gruppo di ricerca / Participants in the research project
Elisabetta Gallo Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente il gruppo di ricerca / PhD/Assegnista/Specializzando member of the research group
Licia De Vito Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente il gruppo di ricerca / PhD/Assegnista/Specializzando member of the research group
Francesco Guizzi Componenti il gruppo di ricerca / Participants in the research project
Manuela Sabatino Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente il gruppo di ricerca / PhD/Assegnista/Specializzando member of the research group
Lorenzo Farina Componenti il gruppo di ricerca / Participants in the research project
Andrea Billi Componenti il gruppo di ricerca / Participants in the research project
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Maria Pamela Toti Archeologist, PhD Fondazione G. Whitaker, Palermo, direttrice Museo Mozia Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Paola Misuraca Architect Soprintendenza BBCCAA di Trapani Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Rossella Giglio Inspector Archaeologist Soprintendenza BBCCAA di Trapani Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Giuseppina Mammina Numismatic Soprintendenza BBCCAA di Trapani Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Sebastiano Tusa Archaeologist, PhD Soprintendente del Mare, Sicilia Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Francesca Oliveri Archeologist, PhD Soprintendenza del Mare, Sicilia Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Federica Spagnoli Archeologits, PhD Soprintendenza del Mare, Sicilia, c.e. SABAP Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Domenico Di Mauro Geophysicist, PhD INGV Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Stefao Ferrari Restorer Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione e il Restauro, Rome Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Francesca Spatafora Archaeologist, PhD National Archaeological Museum "A. Salinas", Palermo Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Cecilia Guastella Archaeologist, PhD National Archaeological Museum "A. Salinas", Palermo, c.e. Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Francesca Alhaique Zoo-Archaeologist Prehistoric Ethnographic Museum "L. Pigorini", Rome Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Francesco Vescera Agronomist SCSGS - Sicily Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Giulia Rocco Lecturer, PhD University of Tor Vergata, Rome Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Piero Bartoloni Archaeologist, Emeritus University of Sassari Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Lucio Calcagnile Physicist CEDAD - University of Salento Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Claude Doumet-Serhal Archaeologist, PhD British Museum, Expedition to Sidon (Lebanon) Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Gail Caddy Paleo-geologist Honor Frost Foundation, London Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Liza Matisoo-Smith Genetist University of Otago - New Zeland Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat Paleo-botanist St. Joseph University, Beirut - Lebanon Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Pierre Zelloua Genetist Lebanese University, Beirut - Lebanon Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Chiara Fiaccavento Archaeologist, PhD University College London Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Diana Balboa Lagunero Archaeologist, PhD Universidad Complutense, Madrid Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Ioannis Liritzis Physicist, archaeometrist University of Aegaeum, Rhodes, Greece Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Heather D. Parker Epigraphist Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Christophe Morhange Paleo-geomorphologist University of Aix-Marseille, France Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Bruno D'Andrea Archaeologist, PhD University of Montpellier 3, France Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Nicola Chiarenza Archaeologist, PhD University of Kiel, Germany Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Andrea Perugini Archaeologist, Postgraduated University of Ghent, Belgium Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Sara Giardino Archaeologist, PhD University of Tübingen, Germany Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Adriano Orsingher Archaeologist, PhD University of Tübingen, Germany Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Salvatore Rubino Biologist University of Sassari, Germany Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Teresa Rinaldi Biologist Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology, Sapienza Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Salvatore Tricoli Restorer Dept. Sciences of Antiquities, Sapienza, Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Andrea Pieroni Technician Dept. of Oriental Studies, Sapienza Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Mattia Crespi Engineer, Full Professor DICEA, Sapienza Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Chiara Petrioli Informatics, Full Professor Dept. of Computer Sciences, Sapienza Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Pierfrancesco Lombardo Engineer, Full Professor Dept. INFOCOM, Sapienza Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Daria Montanari Archaeologist, PhD Dept. of Oriental Studies, Sapienza Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Lucilla Fabrizi Geologist, PhD student Dept. of Earth Science, Sapienza Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Laura Sadori Botanic, Professor Dept. of Enviromental Biology, Sapienza Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Federica Micale Pedagogist/Media expert Consortium GARR - coursera.org Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Francesco Mura Chemist, Research Fellow CNIS, Sapienza Altro personale Sapienza o esterni / Other personnel Sapienza or other institution
Abstract

Sapienza investigations at Motya, resumed in 2002 (Great Excavation since 2010), with systematic excavations in 7 areas have provided decisive data for the study of ancient Mediterranean.Motya was a major prehistoric settlement (2nd mill. BC) and a flourishing Phoenician harbour-city (8th-4th cent BC).
In the light of achieved results, the new excavation permit (2017-2022) extended Sapienza excavation areas to the Cappiddazzu, Casa dei Mosaici and Casermetta. This brought to 10 the areas under exploration offering new important opportunities to ongoing research.
With the publication of the report volume Landing on Motya (2017) the first step towards the investigation of the earliest Phoenician colony was accomplished and the Expedition scientific goals were refined:
1. PREHISTORY in 2nd Mill. BC: the role of Motya in Mediterranean interconnections (sea-routes, population, exchange and imports)
2. THE EARLIEST PHOENICIAN COLONY: modes, components and chronology of Phoenician colony as reflected in the "Cappiddazzu"
3. TEMPLES as PLACES of CULTURAL MEDIATION in the Sacred Area of the Kothon with Temples of Baal and of Astarte compared with the Temple of Herakles/Melqart in "Cappiddazzu" area
4. THE CITY-WALLS why and when Motya was given a monumental fortification line? Which are the main architectural and poliorcetic features of its city-walls? Excavations between the East Tower and the North Gate aim at answering these questions
5. THE TOPHET: exact and life sciences approaches (aDNA) to the Tophet enlighten religious ideology and the creation of a new cultural identity
6. CULTURAL and TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS and HYBRIDIZATION in materials and tools, traced by petrographic, SEM, XRD, Photosensors, isotope and anthracological analyses
7. ANCIENT SOCIETY (DEMOGRAPHIC MODEL) by means of an integrated study of archaeological data from the site and its necropolises
ANALYSES in specialized LABS will provide necessary data to deepen archaeological investigations

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