Pantalica in the Sicilian Late Bronze and Iron Ages: Excavations of the Rock-Cut Chamber Tombs by Paolo Orsi from 1895 to 1910

Cover\nBook Title\nCopyright\nContents\nPreface\n1: A short history of research\n	Robert Leighton\n		Antiquarians and first visitors\n		The campaigns of Paolo Orsi (1895–1910)\n		More recent work\n2: The main monuments and their location\n	Robert Leighton\n		Physical and environmental characteristics of the site\n		Surface area, tomb numbers and demography\n		The main burial areas\n		Caves\n		The Filiporto fortifications and tower\n		Rock-cut habitation chambers and other classical-Hellenistic structures\n		The “anaktoron”\n		Christian oratories\n		Trackways and more recent monuments\n3: Tomb forms and features\n	Robert Leighton\n		Curvilinear chambers\n		Quadrangular or quadrilateral chambers\n		Chronology\n		Doors and dromoi\n		Tombs with multiple chambers\n		Tombs with wider cultural connections\n4: Burial practices\n	Robert Leighton and Rosa Maria Albanese Procelli\n		Numbers and ages of the deceased\n		Internal layouts\n		Artefact combinations\n		Sex, gender and activity indicators\n		Feasting and drinking\n		Social standing and rank\n5: The pottery\n	Robert Leighton\n		Pottery styles and decoration\n		Amphorae\n		Askoi\n		Beakers, pyxides and similar forms\n		Bowls and basins without pedestals\n		Cups\n		Jars (small ovoidal types)\n		Jugs (round-necked, tubular- and strainer-spouted)\n		Jugs with sloping or triangular and trefoil rims (oinochoai)\n		Pedestal basins\n		Pedestal krater\n		Pedestal plates and bowls\n		Pithoi and large storage jars\n		Saucers and shallow bowls\n		Spindle whorls and loom weights\n		Pottery of later periods (Archaic–Byzantine)\n6: Metal and other artefacts\n	Rosa Maria Albanese Procelli\n		Bronze ornaments and dress items\n		Bronze weapons and utensils\n		Iron artefacts\n		Gold artefacts\n		Silver and lead artefacts\n		Other materials\n7: Chronology\n	Robert Leighton\n		Early research and traditional frameworks\n		Periods and terminology\n		Sicilian fibula typology and chronology\n		Other datable metal and pottery forms\n		Conclusions\n8: Catalogo delle tombe e dei corredi Catalogue of tombs and their contents from the Orsi excavations\n	Rosa Maria Albanese Procelli and Robert Leighton\n		English foreword and abbreviations\n		Avvertenze ed abbreviazioni\n		Necropoli Nord, scavi Orsi (1895, 1897, 1910)\n		Necropoli Nord-Ovest, scavi Orsi (1895, 1910)\n		Necropoli Sud, scavi Orsi (1900–1901, 1903, 1910)\n		Necropoli Cavetta, scavi Orsi (1895)\n		Necropoli di Filiporto, scavi Orsi (1895)\n		Provenienze varie\nBibliography