Notes of a naturalist in the Nile valley and Malta : a narrative of exploration and research in connection with the natural history, geology, and archæology of the lower Nile and M...
: Publisher's lettering : Natural history and archæology of the Nile Valley and Maltese Islands. : xvi, 295 pages : illustrations, 14 plates, maps ; 21 cm.
The late prehistory of Malta : essays on Borġ in-Nadur and other sites /
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Borġ in-Nadur, on the south-east coast of Malta, is a major multi-period site, with archaeological remains that span several thousand years. In the course of the Late Neolithic, the steep-sided ridge was occupied by a large megalithic temple complex that was re-occupied in the succeeding Bronze Age. In the course of the second millennium BC, it was heavily fortified by a massive wall to protect a settlement of huts. Excavations were carried out here in 1881 and again in 1959. This volume brings together a number of contributions that report on those excavations, providing an exhaustive account of the stratigraphy, the pottery, the lithic assemblages, the bones and the molluscs.
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Includes index. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
Specialized. :
9781784911287 (PDF ebook) :
The development of domestic space in the Maltese Islands from the late Middle Ages to the second half of the twentieth century /
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This study traces and analyses the evolution of domestic space in Maltese vernacular and 'polite' houses from medieval to contemporary times. The houses under review range from humble buildings of modest size, materials, and design, like farmhouses or those for the less affluent towndwellers, to buildings of grand design, like townhouses and palazzi.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (colour) :
Specialized. :
9781784913922 (ebook) :
Elements of continuity : stone cult in the Maltese Islands /
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The stones dealt with in this study are non-figural (or aniconic) or, sometimes, semi-figural. They come from ritual contexts and, as such, act as a material representation of divine presence in their role as betyls. The Maltese islands are presented as a case study to demonstrate the phenomenon of continuity through a study of these stones.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (x, 94 pages) : illustrations (black and white) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784916961 (ebook) :
Pottery from Roman Malta /
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A comprehensive study of Maltese pottery forms from key stratified deposits spanning the 1st century BC to mid-4th century AD. Ceramic material is analysed and quantified in a bid to understand Maltese pottery production during the Roman period.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (viii, 176 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693300 (ebook) :
The Maltese Archipelago at the dawn of history : reassessment of the 1909 and 1959 excavations at Qlejgha tal-Bahrija and other essays /
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This collection of essays provides a reassessment of the multifaceted evidence which emerged from excavations carried out in 1909 and 1959 in the settlement of Bahrija, both largely unpublished until now. Bahrija is a key site for understanding the later stages of Maltese prehistory before the beginning of the Phoenician colonial period.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage.
Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789694949 (ebook) :
Divine visitations and hospitality to strangers in Luke-Acts : an interpretation of the Malta episode in Acts 28:1-10 /
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This study presents a coherent interpretation of the Malta episode by arguing that Acts 28:1-10 narrates a theoxeny, that is, an account of unknowing hospitality to a god which results in the establishment of a fictive kinship relationship between the Maltese barbarians and Paul and his God. In light of the connection between hospitality and piety to the gods in the ancient Mediterranean, Luke ends his second volume in this manner to portray Gentile hospitality as the appropriate response to Paul's message of God's salvation -- a response that portrays them as hospitable exemplars within the Lukan narrative and contrasts them with the Roman Jews who reject Paul and his message.
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Slightly revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Emory University. :
1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-308) and indexes. :
9789004258006 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Staging Holiness: The Case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) /
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"In Staging Holiness. The Case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) Sofia Zoitou offers a study of the history of relic collections, devotional rituals and sites invested with special meaning in Rhodes, during a time when the island became one of the most frequented ports of call for ships carrying pilgrims from Venice to the Holy Land. Scrutinizing late medieval travel reports by pilgrims from all over Europe along with extant historical, archaeological, visual and material evidence, Sofia Zoitou traces the various forms of the Rhodian cultic sites' evolution and perception, ultimately considered as an overall artistic strategy for the staging of the sacred"--
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
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Catalogue of artefacts from Malta in the British Museum /
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Ancient finds from the Maltese islands are rare, and those held in the British Museum form an important collection. Represented is a wide cultural range, spanning the Early and Late Neolithic, the Bronze Age, Roman and more recent historic periods.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784915896 (ebook) :
Ras il-Wardija sanctuary revisited : a re-assessment of the evidence and newly informed interpretations of a Punic-Roman sanctuary in Gozo (Malta) /
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The secluded sanctuary on the coastal promontory of Ras il-Wardija on the central Mediterranean island of Gozo (near Malta) constitutes another landmark on the religious map of the ancient Mediterranean. Ritual activity at the sanctuary seems to be evidenced from around the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD and, possibly, even as late as the 4th century AD. This ritual activity was focused in a small built temple and in a rock-cut cave that seems to have incorporated a built extension in a later stage. This text examines the significance of the site.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (vi, 82 pages) : illustrations (black and white) :
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9781784916701 (ebook) :