Month: September 2017

By:  Christopher Busuttil It is often said that it is easier to learn by doing. This paper explains what experimental archaeology is and shows through examples […]

By: Simon Farrugia and John A. Schembri It is often said that wind and associated processes induced by it have caused damage to the megalithic temples at Ħaġar […]

By:  David Cardona In archaeology a narrative or story is usually reconstructed on the basis of a meticulous study of material. In normal circumstances, the physical […]

  By: Antonio Caselli Mosaics have a language of their own. Whether they exhibit figurative or geometric drawings, mosaics help to regulate the flow of movement within […]

By: Elaine Azzopardi, Timmy Gambin, Renata Zerafa In 2011, the national archaeological collection managed by Heritage Malta included 24 lead anchor stocks. They are the remains of […]

By: Maria Domenica Lo Faro The aim of this paper is to reconsider the Maltese epigraphic material from a linguistic point of view, with an attempt to […]

By: Davide Tanasi In 1911 T.E. Peet pointed out for the first time the difficulty of interpreting the earliest examples ofMaltese prehistoric painted pottery. After a century […]

By:  George E. Camilleri During the last three years of his life Olof Frederick Gollcher (1889-1962) took an interest in the archaeological possibilities of underwater diving. […]

By:  Anthony Burgess and Timmy Gambin Between the years 1940 and 1943, the skies over the Maltese islands and their surrounding seas witnessed some of the most […]

By: Anthony Bonanno This is an edition of a small marble head of a male bearded divinity found in 1924 in an underground space in the area […]