Xrobb l-Għaġin revisited: recovery and discovery
By: Ruben P. Borg and Reuben Grima The purpose of the exercise reported here was to establish whether and to what extent the remains of the […]
Month: September 2017
Ġgantija and the surrounding lands: insights through a late eighteenth-century contract
By: Anton Bugeja The deed through which Giovanni Battista Cassar Desain protected Ġgantija is described and possible reasons behind his decision discussed. A plan accompanying the contract […]
Archaeometric identification of Maltese imports in prehistoric Sicily: Żebbuġ phase pottery from Licata-Caduta (Agrigento)
By: Germana Barone, Domenica Gulli, Paolo Mazzoleni, Simona Raneri, Davide Tanas During the study of a pottery assemblage collected at the Sicilian site of Licata-Caduta (Agrigento), continuously […]
Biomolecular and isotopic characterisation of lipid residues absorbed in Impressed Wares from the Early Neolithic village of Skorba, Malta
By: Cynthianne Debono Spiteri and Oliver Craig Organic residue analysis (ORA) was used to characterise the lipid content of Impressed Ware vessels recovered from the Early Neolithic village […]
Documenting the last surviving traditional boats on the Maltese Islands: a case study on the firilla –
By: Stephanie Said This research focuses on the collection of firilli boats found at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa, Malta. The objectives were to document and record […]
A stratigraphic study of the giren at ix-Xagħra l-Ħamra, limits of Mellieħa, Malta
The history of the Maltese corbelled hut, known as il-girna (pl. giren), dispersed in the karstic plains of the Maltese islands has been quite elusive. Little […]
Deciding what to exhibit in museums: does it really matter?
By: Veronica Barbara Of all the abundant papers focusing on museum environments, few dismantle the decisionmaking process which characterizes the planning of displays and site presentations, going beyond […]
Archaeology and archaeological discourse in pre-Independence Malta
By: Anna Maria This paper argues that the institution of the Missione Archeologica Italiana a Malta in 1963 is the offspring of the archaeological policies endorsed […]
A functional analysis of glass from an officers’ mess, Malta
By: Russell Palmer The nineteenth century witnessed an explosion in the use of glass as a material from which containers and tableware were made. No longer confined […]
Religious identity and perceptions of afterlife gleaned from a funerary monument to a young girl from (late) Roman Melite
By: George Azzopardi Possibly late during the Roman occupation of Malta, a young deceased girl had a funerary monument set up in her memory by her […]