Descrizione
Il volume, secondo della serie dedicata alle ricerche ambientali, archeologiche e storiche nel Wadi Tanezzuft, l’imponente valle fluviale a occidente delle montagne del Tadrart Akakus, presenta la pubblicazione finale delle indagini condotte nel villaggio fortificato di Aghram Nadharif nell’oasi di Barkat. L’insediamento ebbe vita fiorente dal 50 ca. a.C. al 250 ca. d.C. e offre per la prima volta un quadro completo di un abitato dell’età garamantica nell’età classica. Oltre alla pubblicazione dello scavo e dei reperti archeologici, botanici e faunistici rinvenuti, il volume contiene una serie di interventi sulla storia del sito, l’economia, la demografia e il ruolo svolto dalla cittadella nella vita dell”intera regione.
Prefazione di Savino di Lernia, commenti di Peter Breunig, David J. Mattingly, contributi di Francesca Alhaique, Gilberto Artioli, Ebrahim Saleh Azzebi, Giovanna Bosi, Silvia Bruni, Fabrizio Buldrini, Roberto Castelli, Mauro Cremaschi, Emanuela Cristiani, Monica Dapiaggi, Fabrizio Felici, Luisa Forlani, Maria Carmela Gatto, Vittoria Guglielmi, Giuseppe Guida, Letizia Laddaga, Creistina Lemorini, Mario Liverani, Anna Maria Mercuri, Lucia Mori, Massimiliano Nunzi, Caterina Ottomano, Cristiano Putzolu, Giuliana Trevisan Grandi, Massimo Vidale, Giuliana Zampetti
Sommario
- Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Colour Plates
- Editorial and recording convention
- Foreword (S. di L.)
- Commentaries (P. B., D.J. M.)
- Editorial Preface
- Acknowledgements
Chapter One: Introduction (M. L.)
Part One: Context and Topography
- Chapter Two: The Barkat Oasis in the changing landscape of the Wadi Tanezzuft during the Holocene (M. C.)
- Chapter Three: The Garamentes in the Ghat-Barkat Area: previous research (M.C. G.);
- Chapter Four: Cemeteries around the Barkat Oasis (R.C., M.L.)
- Chapter Five: The topography of the site (C. P.)
- Chapter Six: Garamantian rock art in the Acacus (D. Z.)
Part Two: The Excavation
- Chapter Seven: The excavation of the residential unit AN1-2-3 (M. L.)
- Chapter Eight: The excavation of the residential unit AN20-21-22 (M.C. G.)
- Chapter Nine: The excavation of the postern area AN26-27 (L. M.)
- Chapter Ten: The excavation of the working area AN4-24 (L. M.)
- Chapter Eleven: The excavation of the courtyard AN25 (L. M.)
- Chapter Twelve: The excavation of the residential unit AN9-13 (M.L.)
- Chapter Thirteen: The excavation of the storerooms AN5-7 and AN6 (L. M.)
- Chapter Fourteen: The excavation of the residential unit AN8-14 (L. M.)
- Chapter Fifteen. The excavation of the residential unit AN11-12 (M. L.)
- Chapter Sixteen: The north-east city gate area AN16-17-18-19
Part Three: The Archaeological Materials
- Chapter Seventeen: The local pottery (M.C. G.)
- Chapter Eighteen: The Roman pottery (F. F.)
- Chapter Nineteen: Archaeometry of potter: mineralogical and chemical analyses (G. A., L. L., M. D.)
- Chapter Twenty: The ground stones tools (L. M.)
- Chapter Twenty-One: The vesicular basalt lamps (L. M.)
- Chapter Twenty-Two: Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectometry (CG-MS) analysis (S. B., V. G.)
- Chapter Twenty-Three: Functional analysis of abraded heavy duty tools (C.L., E. C.)
- Chapter Twenty-Four: Technological and functional analysis of stone, glass and faience beads (E. C.)
- Chapter Twenty-Five: The loom weights (L. M.)
- Chapter twenty-Six: Analytical observations on some iron finds (G. G., M. V.)
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: A tetrarchic radiate at Aghram Nadharif (M. N.)
Part Four: Tha Paleo-Environmental Materials
- Chapter Twenty-Eight: The archaeobotanical remains (Pollen, seeds/fruit and charcoal) (A.M. M., G. T.G., G. B., L. F., F. B.)
- Chapter Twenty-Nine: The faunal remains (F.A.)
Part Five: History and Dating: Diachronic Interpretation of the Site
- Chapter Thirty: Dating evidence (M. L.)
- Chapter Thirty.One: History of the site (M. L.)
Part Six: Economy and Demography: Functional Interpretation of the Site
- Chapter Thirty-Two: Economy and technology (M. L.)
- Chapter Thirty-Three: The household level analysis (M. L.)
- Chapter Thirty-Four: The community level analysis (M.L.)
- Chapter Thirty-Five: Demography (M. L.)
Part Seven: The Regional Setting
- Chapter Thirty-Six: The Garamantian kingdom and its southern border (M. L.)
- Chapter Thirty-Seven: The trans-Saharan caravan trade (M. L.)
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Overview of the Garamantian history in the Wadi Tanezzuft (M. L.)
- Colour Plates
- Bibliography
- Arabic Summary