The rupestrian Greek sanctuaries of ancient Cyrenaica is one of the main project of Chieti University team in Libya. Thes archaeological sites are extremely interesting and monumental, with impressing Greek rocky architecture, generally located in splendid wild widian (canyons). The teaxm of Chieti University is at the moment collaborating with the Libyan colleagues of the department of Archaeology and of the Ministry of Archaeology and Tourism, in an international project of valorization and conservation of these important sites, in order to preserve both the archaeological and cultural aspects and the naturalistic patrimony. These sanctuary were in antiquity Greek monuments, which were also used by the local inhabitants and then re-monumentalised in Roman times and reused in Byzantine and early Islamic period. Therefore they can be seen as cultural and anthropological frontiers, which played in antiquity an important political role. Because of the monumentality of these sites and at the same time of their difficult location on steep slope of the canyons very different and modern technologies and a large team has been involved for a multidisciplinary approach, and therefore not only archaeologists are involved, but also biologists, paleo-botanics, archaeometrists, geologists, geomprphologists, anthropologists, paleopathologists and so on.
Per una lettura della chora cirenea attraverso lo studio di santuari rupestri e di aree marginali della necropoli di Cirene
MENOZZI, Oliva
2006-01-01
Abstract
The rupestrian Greek sanctuaries of ancient Cyrenaica is one of the main project of Chieti University team in Libya. Thes archaeological sites are extremely interesting and monumental, with impressing Greek rocky architecture, generally located in splendid wild widian (canyons). The teaxm of Chieti University is at the moment collaborating with the Libyan colleagues of the department of Archaeology and of the Ministry of Archaeology and Tourism, in an international project of valorization and conservation of these important sites, in order to preserve both the archaeological and cultural aspects and the naturalistic patrimony. These sanctuary were in antiquity Greek monuments, which were also used by the local inhabitants and then re-monumentalised in Roman times and reused in Byzantine and early Islamic period. Therefore they can be seen as cultural and anthropological frontiers, which played in antiquity an important political role. Because of the monumentality of these sites and at the same time of their difficult location on steep slope of the canyons very different and modern technologies and a large team has been involved for a multidisciplinary approach, and therefore not only archaeologists are involved, but also biologists, paleo-botanics, archaeometrists, geologists, geomprphologists, anthropologists, paleopathologists and so on.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
