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 […]
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
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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
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
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
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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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Cecilia Olovsdotter, Body and spirit of Victory: on the multiform conception of Victoria’s femininity in Roman visual culture In this project I analyse the range, variability and complexity of the goddess Victoria’s femininity in Roman visual culture, from the Late Republic through the Late Empire (c. 100 BCE–600 CE). The most disseminated and enduring of
