Issue 10 Archives - The Archaeological Society Malta

O. F. Gollcher and underwater archaeology

30/09/2017

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. […]

The underwater aviation heritage of the Second Siege of Malta

30/09/2017

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 […]

A missing work of art: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Asklepios, Serapis, or Herakles?

30/09/2017

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 […]

Xrobb l-Għaġin revisited: recovery and discovery

30/09/2017

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 […]

Ġgantija and the surrounding lands: insights through a late eighteenth-century contract

30/09/2017

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)

30/09/2017

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

30/09/2017

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 […]