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Francavilla di Sicilia The Swedish-Sicilian Francavilla project began in 2016 and is organised as a collaboration between the Swedish Institute in Rome and the Parco Archeologico Naxos Taormina with the support of the Comune di Francavilla. Background Francavilla di Sicilia is a small town situated in the valley of the Alcantara river, some 20 km

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Hedvig Landenius Enegren, Spinning and Weaving Tools. Textile Technology at Etruscan Acquarossa and San Giovenale This project involves a study of the textile implements (loom weights, spools, spindle whorls, needles) recovered during excavations at San Giovenale and Acquarossa in the 1950s –1970s conducted by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. These two archaeological

Johnny Bengtsson, Societal change and Internationalisation in Central Italy during the Bronze and early Iron Age. The case of Luni sul Mignone This project concentrates on socio-economic and demographic changes during the Late Bronze Age and early Iron Age in Central Italy. Research on the transfer of knowledge, as well as international contacts, will widen

Common Ground. A research platform for digitized archaeological collections and archives at the Swedish Institutes in Athens, Rome and Istanbul. Common Ground is a project that unites the Swedish Institutes in Athens, Istanbul and Rome in the creation of a joint digital platform for Swedish archaeological research in the Mediterranean. It is funded by Riksbankens

The Vignale Archaeological Project Project background After more than fifty years of archaeological work at the Etruscan site of San Giovenale, the field research continued. In order to widen and fully understand the complexity of the ancient site, an investigation of the landscape in the immediate surrounding felt compulsory. In 2006, Vignale Archaeological Project therefore

Luni sul Mignone “Pian di Luni” or “Luni” is the name of a plateau, built by the volcanic rock, tufa, and lying by the river Mignone in the Comune di Blera, about 65 km northwest of Rome. The crown of the mountain consists of a relatively flat plain, c. 550 metres long and 150 metres

Acquarossa The excavations at Acquarossa took place between 1966 and 1975, with supplementary compaigns in 1978 and 1991. They were conducted under the auspices of the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome, in association with the then Soprintendenza alle Antichità dell’Etruria Meridionale and supported by, among others, Gustaf VI Adolf, king of Sweden and

San Giovenale The site is named after a chapel here dedicated to Saint Juvenal, a bishop from nearby Narni. The ancient name is not known, even though the Roman historian Livy (6.4.9-11) gives us two names of cities in the area that were destroyed by the Romans in 388 B.C. (Contenebra and Cortuosa). Excavations were