Frontiers Inside Roman Sicily

Fabrizio Ducati

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# Frontiers Inside Roman Sicily

Fabrizio Ducati

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Fabrizio Ducati. Frontiers Inside Roman Sicily. École thématique. Vancouver (BC), Canada. 2024, pp.1-18. hal-04584171

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# Frontiers Inside Roman Sicily

## Culture, Economy and Society between Late Antiquity and the Early Byzantine Period

Horizon Europe – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Global fellowship
2024-2026

(Wilson 2001, fig. 1)

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Funded by
the European Union

Aix*Marseille
université
Initiative d'excellence

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Centre Camille Jullian

Histoire et archéologie de la Méditerranée et de l'Afrique du Nord de la Protohistoire à la fin de l'Antiquité

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THE UNIVERSITY
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

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# Frontiers Inside Roman Sicily

## Culture, Economy and Society between Late Antiquity and the Early Byzantine Period

Horizon Europe – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Global fellowship
2024-2026

(Wilson 2001, fig. 1)

<figure><img src="image_2.png" /></figure>

Funded by
the European Union

Aix*Marseille
université
Initiative d'excellence

<figure><img src="image_3.png" /></figure>

Centre Camille Jullian

Histoire et archéologie de la Méditerranée et de l'Afrique du Nord de la Protohistoire à la fin de l'Antiquité

<figure><img src="image_4.png" /></figure>

THE UNIVERSITY
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

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The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions are the European Union's reference program for doctoral education and postdoctoral training. They support researchers' careers and foster excellence in research.

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The Grant Authority
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The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions are the European Union's reference program for doctoral education and postdoctoral training. They support researchers' careers and foster excellence in research.

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The Grant Authority
The FIRS project aims to enhance our understanding of a critical transitional period (5th-7th CE) of the largest island of the Mediterranean from Antiquity to the Middle Age

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# Three specific research objectives

1. Analysing the material culture, notably ceramic, from Sicilian late housing contexts to acquire new information about people's attitudes, tastes, consumption habits, diet, and productive capacity (WP1).

2. Building a modern database that integrates both new and long-known data to ensure proper storage, firm verifiability, efficient exploitation, and rapid information sharing (WP2).

3. Exploring intra and infra-site artifacts distribution in order to shed new light on the causes triggering change or resilience in trade patterns, social behaviour, and cultural practices at different levels and degrees (WP3).
The FIRS project aims to enhance our understanding of a critical transitional period (5th-7th CE) of the largest island of the Mediterranean from Antiquity to the Middle Age

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Three specific research objectives

1. Analysing the material culture, notably ceramic, from Sicilian late housing contexts to acquire new information about people's attitudes, tastes, consumption habits, diet, and productive capacity (WP1).

2. Building a modern database that integrates both new and long-known data to ensure proper storage, firm verifiability, efficient exploitation, and rapid information sharing (WP2).

3. Exploring intra and infra-site artifacts distribution in order to shed new light on the causes triggering change or resilience in trade patterns, social behaviour, and cultural practices at different levels and degrees (WP3).
What's the methodology?

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An integrated approach
Archaeology & Archaeometry
**WP1**

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IT solutions applied to cultural heritage
**WP2**

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Spatial analysis
**WP3**

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According to Open Science, all the data will be FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) and research outcomes open
What's the methodology?

<figure><img src="image_9.png" /></figure>

An integrated approach
Archaeology & Archaeometry
**WP1**

<figure><img src="image_10.png" /></figure>

IT solutions applied to cultural heritage
**WP2**

<figure><img src="image_11.png" /></figure>

Spatial analysis
**WP3**

<figure><img src="image_12.png" /></figure>

According to Open Science, all the data will be FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) and research outcomes open
# A 33-months project (January 2024 - September 2026)

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Research

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Trainings

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Transfer of knowledge

<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Months</th><th rowspan="2"></th><th colspan="3">Secondment</th><th colspan="12">UBC outgoing phase</th><th colspan="12">AMU returning phase</th><th colspan="12">non-academic placement</th></tr><tr><th>1</th><th>2</th><th>3</th><th>4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11</th><th>12</th><th>13</th><th>14</th><th>15</th><th>16</th><th>17</th><th>18</th><th>19</th><th>20</th><th>21</th><th>22</th><th>23</th><th>24</th><th>25</th><th>26</th><th>27</th><th>28</th><th>29</th><th>30</th><th>31</th><th>32</th><th>33</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3">WP 1</td><td>T1.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T1.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T1.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">WP 2</td><td>T2.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T2.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T2.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">WP 3</td><td>T3.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T3.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T3.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">WP 4</td><td>T4.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T4.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T4.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T4.4</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">WP 5</td><td>T5.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T5.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">WP 6</td><td>T6.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T6.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td colspan="2">1st project year</td><td colspan="12"></td><td colspan="12">2nd project year</td><td colspan="12">3rd project year</td></tr></tfoot></table>
# A 33-months project (January 2024 - September 2026)

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Research

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Trainings

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Transfer of knowledge

<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Months</th><th rowspan="2"></th><th colspan="3">Secondment</th><th colspan="12">UBC outgoing phase</th><th colspan="12">AMU returning phase</th><th colspan="12">non-academic placement</th></tr><tr><th>1</th><th>2</th><th>3</th><th>4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11</th><th>12</th><th>13</th><th>14</th><th>15</th><th>16</th><th>17</th><th>18</th><th>19</th><th>20</th><th>21</th><th>22</th><th>23</th><th>24</th><th>25</th><th>26</th><th>27</th><th>28</th><th>29</th><th>30</th><th>31</th><th>32</th><th>33</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3">WP 1</td><td>T1.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T1.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T1.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">WP 2</td><td>T2.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T2.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T2.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">WP 3</td><td>T3.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T3.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T3.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">WP 4</td><td>T4.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T4.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T4.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T4.4</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">WP 5</td><td>T5.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T5.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">WP 6</td><td>T6.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>T6.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td colspan="2">1st project year</td><td colspan="12"></td><td colspan="12">2nd project year</td><td colspan="12">3rd project year</td></tr></tfoot></table>
# Exploiting unpublished data from the 1900-2000 excavations at five different sites in western Sicily

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# Exploiting unpublished data from the 1900-2000 excavations at five different sites in western Sicily

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# Excavations at Campanaio and Castagna (1980-1998)

<figure><img src="image_17.png" /><figcaption>(Wilson 2001, fig. 3)</figcaption></figure>

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## Campanaio provisional phasing

* I: c. 200-150 BC

* II: c. 150-100/50 BC

* III: c. 100/50 BC – c. AD 25

* IV: c. AD 25 - ?

* V: c. 375-450 (destruction deposit at c. 450)

* VI: c. 450-500

* VII: Arabo-Norman (?) burials
# Excavations at Campanaio and Castagna (1980-1998)

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(Wilson 2001, fig. 3)

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## Campanaio provisional phasing

* I: c. 200-150 BC

* II: c. 150-100/50 BC

* III: c. 100/50 BC – c. AD 25

* IV: c. AD 25 - ?

* V: c. 375-450 (destruction deposit at c. 450)

* VI: c. 450-500

* VII: Arabo-Norman (?) burials
Campanaio c. AD 375-460

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<figure><img src="image_20.png" /><figcaption>(Wilson 2001, fig. 13-14)</figcaption></figure>

5th-century collapse and ARS lamp from another destruction level with impressed coins of Theodosius II
Campanaio c. AD 375-460

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<figure><img src="image_20.png" /><figcaption>(Wilson 2001, fig. 13-14)</figcaption></figure>

5th-century collapse and ARS lamp from another destruction level with impressed coins of Theodosius II
The japanese excavations at Durrueli (1979-1985)

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The japanese excavations at Durrueli (1979-1985)

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# Lilibeo: excavation at Capo Boeo (1972-1978)

<figure><img src="image_25.png" /><figcaption>Zoom on Capo Boeo</figcaption></figure>

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The red line corresponds to the Punic and Roman town walls
# Lilibeo: excavation at Capo Boeo (1972-1978)

<figure><img src="image_25.png" /><figcaption>Zoom on Capo Boeo</figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="image_26.png" /></figure>

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The red line corresponds to the Punic and Roman town walls
<figure><img src="image_28.png" /><figcaption>(Ebolese 2020, Fig 84)</figcaption></figure>

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6th-7th century graves along the *Plateia Aelia*
Traces of an apsidal building along
the same street.

Forty-three tombs, excavated in the
abandonment layers obliterating the street and
the spaces previously occupied by the houses.

<figure><img src="image_30.png" /><figcaption>(Palazzo, Vecchio 2013, Fig. 36-37)</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_28.png" /><figcaption>(Ebolese 2020, Fig 84)</figcaption></figure>

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6th-7th century graves along the *Plateia Aelia*
Traces of an apsidal building along
the same street.

Forty-three tombs, excavated in the
abandonment layers obliterating the street and
the spaces previously occupied by the houses.

<figure><img src="image_30.png" /><figcaption>(Palazzo, Vecchio 2013, Fig. 36-37)</figcaption></figure>
# Palermo: excavations at Piazza della Vittoria (1833-1915) and Montevergini (1998-2001)

<figure><img src="image_31.png" /><figcaption>(Sami 2013, Fig. 5)</figcaption></figure>

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# Palermo: excavations at Piazza della Vittoria (1833-1915) and Montevergini (1998-2001)

<figure><img src="image_31.png" /><figcaption>(Sami 2013, Fig. 5)</figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="image_32.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_33.png" /></figure>
Frontiers Inside Roman Sicily. Why this title?

Sicily c. 500 CE

<figure><img src="image_34.png" /></figure>

CIL X, 2, 7232

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Frontiers Inside Roman Sicily. Why this title?

Sicily c. 500 CE

<figure><img src="image_34.png" /></figure>

CIL X, 2, 7232

<figure><img src="image_35.png" /></figure>
More recently, frontier researchers have reoriented their perspective on frontiers from ‘edges of advancement,’ to ‘zones of contact and interaction’ [...]

Culture contact leaves its mark in the material record, and as a result, it is a process that archaeology is well suited to study. As with other disciplines that examine frontiers, model building and finer data resolution highlight the complexity of frontier zones and cause them to evade monolithic definition.
More recently, frontier researchers have reoriented their perspective on frontiers from ‘edges of advancement,’ to ‘zones of contact and interaction’ [...]

Culture contact leaves its mark in the material record, and as a result, it is a process that archaeology is well suited to study. As with other disciplines that examine frontiers, model building and finer data resolution highlight the complexity of frontier zones and cause them to evade monolithic definition.
# Frontiers Inside Roman Sicily. Why this title?

La ceramica africana
nella Sicilia romana

La ceramique africaine
dans la Sicile romaine

a cura di / sous la direction de
Daniele Malfitana e / et Michel Bonifay

<figure><img src="image_36.png" /></figure>

Tomo / Tome I

Testo e Tavole

Texte et Planches

<figure><img src="image_37.png" /><figcaption>Bonifay, Malfitana 2016, Fig. 90</figcaption></figure>
# Frontiers Inside Roman Sicily. Why this title?

La ceramica africana
nella Sicilia romana

La ceramique africaine
dans la Sicile romaine

a cura di / sous la direction de
Daniele Malfitana e / et Michel Bonifay

<figure><img src="image_36.png" /></figure>

Tomo / Tome I

Testo e Tavole
Texte et Planches

<figure><img src="image_37.png" /><figcaption>Bonifay, Malfitana 2016, Fig. 90</figcaption></figure>
# Thank you!

## Acknowledgements

- European Commission - European Research Executive Agency

- British Columbia University, Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies

- Aix Marseille Université, Centre Camille Jullian

- Parco Archeologico di Lilibeo-Marsala

- Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas

- Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA. di Palermo

- Parco Archeologico di Himera, Solunto e Iato

- Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA. di Agrigento

- Parco Archeologico Valle dei Templi

- Museo Archeologico Regionale Pietro Griffo

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Funded by
the European Union

Aix*Marseille
université
Initiative d'excellence

<figure><img src="image_39.png" /></figure>

Centre Camille Jullian

Histoire et archéologie de la Méditerranée et de l'Afrique du Nord de la Protohistoire à la fin de l'Antiquité

<figure><img src="image_40.png" /></figure>

THE UNIVERSITY
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

<figure><img src="image_41.png" /></figure>
# Thank you!

## Acknowledgements

- European Commission - European Research Executive Agency

- British Columbia University, Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies

- Aix Marseille Université, Centre Camille Jullian

- Parco Archeologico di Lilibeo-Marsala

- Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas

- Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA. di Palermo

- Parco Archeologico di Himera, Solunto e Iato

- Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA. di Agrigento

- Parco Archeologico Valle dei Templi

- Museo Archeologico Regionale Pietro Griffo

<figure><img src="image_38.png" /></figure>

Funded by
the European Union

Aix*Marseille
université
Initiative d'excellence

<figure><img src="image_39.png" /></figure>

Centre Camille Jullian

Histoire et archéologie de la Méditerranée et de l'Afrique du Nord de la Protohistoire à la fin de l'Antiquité

<figure><img src="image_40.png" /></figure>

THE UNIVERSITY
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

<figure><img src="image_41.png" /></figure>
# Thank you!

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Polito, Antonella and Gaetano Tripodi (2018), *La villa marittima di Publius Annius alla foce del Cottone, Palermo: Regione siciliana, Assessorato dei beni culturali e dell'identità siciliana, Dipartimento dei beni culturali e dell'identità siciliana*.

Sami, Denis (2013), “Sicilian cities between the fourth and fifth centuries AD”, in: Rosa García-Gasco, Sergio González Sánchez, and David Hernández de la Fuente, eds., *The Theodosian Age (A.D. 379-455). Power, place, belief and learning at the end of the Western Empire (BAR International Series 2493)*, Oxford: Archaeopress, 27-36.

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# Thank you!

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Bonifay, Michel and Daniele Malfitana (2016), “L’apport de la documentation sicilienne à l’étude du commerce de l’Afrique romaine” in: Daniele Malfitana and Michel Bonifay, eds., *La céramique africaine dans la Sicile romaine*, vol. I (Monografie dell’Istituto per i Beni Archeologici e Monumentali (IBAM) 12), Catania: CNR - Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche, 403-439.

Ducati, Fabrizio and Rosa Maria Cucco (forthcoming), “North African pottery in Palermo: preliminary findings from the Montevergini excavations”, *Cartagine. Studi e Ricerche* 9 (2024).

Ebolese, Donatella (2020), *Tecnologie di rilievo 3D per la documentazione, l’interpretazione e la valorizzazione del patrimonio archeologico: il caso studio del Parco Archeologico di Lilibeo-Marsala*, PhD, Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale, Curriculum Archeologia e Scienze Storiche dell’Antichità, ICAR 06, Palermo.

Gabrici, Ettore (1921), “Ruderi romani scoperti alla Piazza della Vittoria di Palermo”, *Monumenti Antichi* 27, 181-204.

Palazzo, Paola and Pierfrancesco Vecchio (2013), “Il decumano Massimo di Lilibeo: ipotesi di periodizzazione di un settore urbano della città antica”, in: *Epigrafia e territorio. Politica e società*. Temi di antichità romane IX (Documenti e studi 54), Bari: Edipuglia, 135-170.

Polito, Antonella and Gaetano Tripodi (2018), *La villa marittima di Publius Annius alla foce del Cottone, Palermo: Regione siciliana, Assessorato dei beni culturali e dell'identità siciliana, Dipartimento dei beni culturali e dell'identità siciliana*.

Sami, Denis (2013), “Sicilian cities between the fourth and fifth centuries AD”, in: Rosa García-Gasco, Sergio González Sánchez, and David Hernández de la Fuente, eds., *The Theodosian Age (A.D. 379-455). Power, place, belief and learning at the end of the Western Empire (BAR International Series 2493)*, Oxford: Archaeopress, 27-36.

Schon, Robert and Michael L. Galaty (2006), “Diachronic Frontiers: Landscape Archaeology in Highland Albania”, *Journal of World-Systems Research*, XII.2, 231-262.

Wilson, Roger (2001), “Vita Rurale Nella Sicilia Ellenistico-Romana: L’insediamento Di Campanaio”, *Kalos* 13 (4): 24-31.

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