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Talks by Andrea Bertaiola

École française d'Athènes, Conference room, Didotou 6 | Webinar registration 14.30-15.00 | Yannis... more École française d'Athènes, Conference room, Didotou 6 | Webinar registration 14.30-15.00 | Yannis Chairetakis Hellenic Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports Multiple burials in Archaic and Classical Megara. The case of the North East cemetery 15.00-15.30 | Panagiota Avgerinou Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attica Child burial rites in the pre-classical Megara: preliminary results 15.30-16.00 | Tomáš Alušík Charles University, Anna Pankowská University of West Bohemia in Pilsen & Christina Kazazaki Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attica "Life and death in Ancient Megara" project: Analyses of the human skeletal remains (8 th to 1 st centuries BC) 16.00-16.30 | Break 16.30-17.00 | Andrea Bertaiola Università Ca' Foscari Venezia The necropolis of Manicalunga (Selinunte). New data from old excavations

Papers by Andrea Bertaiola

The necropolis discovered in locality Buffa is one of the three major burial sites of the Greek a... more The necropolis discovered in locality Buffa is one of the three major burial sites of the Greek apoikia of Selinus (Sicily, TP). Located northeast of the ancient settlement, this cemetery underwent extensive excavation by the Superintendency between 1963 and 1967, yielding more than one thousand graves spanning from the end of the 7th to the end of the 5th century BCE. Burial contexts were fully published by Meola between 1996 and 1998. Remarkably, from the reconstruction of ritual practices, two data points stand out: the high percentage of secondary cremations and the relatively low number of child interments, both lacking parallels in the burial customs of Greek Sicily. This paper proposes a reassessment of these data through a re-examination of contextual information.

Parola del Passato, 2024

The paper publishes a fragmentary inscription painted on two pieces of a small open vessel found ... more The paper publishes a fragmentary inscription painted on two pieces of a small open vessel found at Selinunte (Temple R) by the IFANYU and Unimi Mission during the 2023 campaign. The painted inscription, placed on the inside of the bowl, was characterized using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) in situ, and micro-Raman spectroscopy on a micro-sample, revealing the use of an ochre pigment. The inscription shows a few but clearly legible letters that can be read as part of an anthroponym or a theonym. The archaeological context and the state of conservation of the fragment suggest that the object is related to the phases preceding the construction of Temple R (628-570 BC) or, alternatively, that it was used in connection with the activities related to the construction of the building.

Necropoli di Selinunte (TP). Un nuovo progetto di ricerca, 2024

La coroplastica nelle necropoli di Selinunte (TP). Modalità d’uso e contesti, 2023

This paper analyses the incidence of clay figurines in funerary practice at Selinunte (TP). The w... more This paper analyses the incidence of clay figurines in funerary practice at Selinunte (TP). The work will consider three different aspects related to these objects: iconography, spatial distribution of the finds and type of contexts containing statuettes. Through the re-analysis of the evidence from the two cemeteries of Buffa and Manicalunga-Timpone Nero (late 7th-5th century BC), it will be shown that clay figurines played a minor role in the construction of grave assemblages; however, they were involved in a broad spectrum of post-funeral ritual practices that will be thoroughly discussed here.

Sporadica Selinuntia. Finds without context from the necropolis of Selinus • The sporadic finds f... more Sporadica Selinuntia. Finds without context from the necropolis of Selinus • The sporadic finds from cemeteries are rarely considered in classical archaeology. Those objects are generally interpreted as coming from dismembered graves and consequently excluded from the reconstruction of funerary practices. Through the re-analysis of the evidence from the necropolis of Buffa in Selinus, this paper wants to redress the imbalance and demonstrate the informative potential of the sporadic finds. If properly studied, these represent an important source for the understanding and the reconstruction of the nature of the funerary and post-funeral practices, as well as of the cemeteries landscape.

This study concerns an oinochoe from trench D at Incoronata di Metaponto (Unimi excavations 1975-... more This study concerns an oinochoe from trench D at Incoronata di Metaponto (Unimi excavations 1975-1976). The object is analyzed in the context of the first contacts between Greeks and indigenous people in Southern Italy, particularly open to experimentation and hybridity. The treatment of the decorative motif on the neck of the vase offers the opportunity to reflect on apprenticeship and transmission of craft knowledge in the Greek world.

Book Reviews by Andrea Bertaiola

École française d'Athènes, Conference room, Didotou 6 | Webinar registration 14.30-15.00 | Yannis... more École française d'Athènes, Conference room, Didotou 6 | Webinar registration 14.30-15.00 | Yannis Chairetakis Hellenic Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports Multiple burials in Archaic and Classical Megara. The case of the North East cemetery 15.00-15.30 | Panagiota Avgerinou Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attica Child burial rites in the pre-classical Megara: preliminary results 15.30-16.00 | Tomáš Alušík Charles University, Anna Pankowská University of West Bohemia in Pilsen & Christina Kazazaki Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attica "Life and death in Ancient Megara" project: Analyses of the human skeletal remains (8 th to 1 st centuries BC) 16.00-16.30 | Break 16.30-17.00 | Andrea Bertaiola Università Ca' Foscari Venezia The necropolis of Manicalunga (Selinunte). New data from old excavations

The necropolis discovered in locality Buffa is one of the three major burial sites of the Greek a... more The necropolis discovered in locality Buffa is one of the three major burial sites of the Greek apoikia of Selinus (Sicily, TP). Located northeast of the ancient settlement, this cemetery underwent extensive excavation by the Superintendency between 1963 and 1967, yielding more than one thousand graves spanning from the end of the 7th to the end of the 5th century BCE. Burial contexts were fully published by Meola between 1996 and 1998. Remarkably, from the reconstruction of ritual practices, two data points stand out: the high percentage of secondary cremations and the relatively low number of child interments, both lacking parallels in the burial customs of Greek Sicily. This paper proposes a reassessment of these data through a re-examination of contextual information.

Parola del Passato, 2024

The paper publishes a fragmentary inscription painted on two pieces of a small open vessel found ... more The paper publishes a fragmentary inscription painted on two pieces of a small open vessel found at Selinunte (Temple R) by the IFANYU and Unimi Mission during the 2023 campaign. The painted inscription, placed on the inside of the bowl, was characterized using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) in situ, and micro-Raman spectroscopy on a micro-sample, revealing the use of an ochre pigment. The inscription shows a few but clearly legible letters that can be read as part of an anthroponym or a theonym. The archaeological context and the state of conservation of the fragment suggest that the object is related to the phases preceding the construction of Temple R (628-570 BC) or, alternatively, that it was used in connection with the activities related to the construction of the building.

Necropoli di Selinunte (TP). Un nuovo progetto di ricerca, 2024

La coroplastica nelle necropoli di Selinunte (TP). Modalità d’uso e contesti, 2023

This paper analyses the incidence of clay figurines in funerary practice at Selinunte (TP). The w... more This paper analyses the incidence of clay figurines in funerary practice at Selinunte (TP). The work will consider three different aspects related to these objects: iconography, spatial distribution of the finds and type of contexts containing statuettes. Through the re-analysis of the evidence from the two cemeteries of Buffa and Manicalunga-Timpone Nero (late 7th-5th century BC), it will be shown that clay figurines played a minor role in the construction of grave assemblages; however, they were involved in a broad spectrum of post-funeral ritual practices that will be thoroughly discussed here.

Sporadica Selinuntia. Finds without context from the necropolis of Selinus • The sporadic finds f... more Sporadica Selinuntia. Finds without context from the necropolis of Selinus • The sporadic finds from cemeteries are rarely considered in classical archaeology. Those objects are generally interpreted as coming from dismembered graves and consequently excluded from the reconstruction of funerary practices. Through the re-analysis of the evidence from the necropolis of Buffa in Selinus, this paper wants to redress the imbalance and demonstrate the informative potential of the sporadic finds. If properly studied, these represent an important source for the understanding and the reconstruction of the nature of the funerary and post-funeral practices, as well as of the cemeteries landscape.

This study concerns an oinochoe from trench D at Incoronata di Metaponto (Unimi excavations 1975-... more This study concerns an oinochoe from trench D at Incoronata di Metaponto (Unimi excavations 1975-1976). The object is analyzed in the context of the first contacts between Greeks and indigenous people in Southern Italy, particularly open to experimentation and hybridity. The treatment of the decorative motif on the neck of the vase offers the opportunity to reflect on apprenticeship and transmission of craft knowledge in the Greek world.