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Italia    I Faraglioni, Stele di Ustica EuroPreArt - European Prehistoric Art

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Keywords: Figura femminile, tufo.
Institution: Centro Universitario Europeo per i Beni Culturali, Ravello.  albore@libero.it
Record
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by
CUEBC - European University Centre for Cultural Heritage, Ravello - Italy
 
Location
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Country:

Italia

Locality:

ISOLA DI USTICA

Region:

SICILIA

Area:

I Faraglioni

 

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Figura di stele femminile acefala (da Holloway 1995)
Copyright. No commercial use of EuroPreArt content is allowed. Specific © for pictures and drawings is mentioned in the captions or owned by each Author or Institution.
Disclaim. The EuroPreArt project fully endorses the most recent documentation policies. It must be outlined the absolute forbidding of any disruptive method and the necessity of a total respect for archaeological sites. It is also to be noticed that no substances shall be applied to rock art for recording purposes. Some pictures of the EuroPreArt records are related to past recording techniques and may not fully match these policies. They are an historical documentation. Please refer to local archaeological official authorities for any recording purpose. Please take a look also over EuroPreArt guidelines.
 
Environment & Surface

Open-air   Shelter   Cave Portable   Megalithic

Geography:
L'isola di Ustica, a nord-ovest della Sicilia, dista 69 Km da Palermo.

Proximity:

Isole Eolie.

Geology:

Il territorio di Ustica è di origine vulcanica ed ha una storia antica e complessa. Diversamente dalle isole Eolie non presenta allo stato attuale attività vulcanica.

Surface:

La stele è in tufo.

Dimensions:
Length 0.19 m.  Depth 0.25 m.

 

 
Art        

Description:

Engravings   Paintings   Painted engravings   High or low-relief   Sculpture
Si tratta di una scultura femminile acefala, di cui si conserva il busto privo di braccia. I seni sono molto ben evidenziati. La parte sottostante presenta incisioni oblique e verticali, che raffigurano verosimilmente un vestito. Mancano le membra inferiori. La faccia posteriore non è decorata. La stele, di cui si conservano due frammenti combacianti, è stata riutilizzata come materiale di costruzione in un edificio di un periodo più tardo.

Figures:
total number 1
Figura femminile acefala.

Chronology:

Palaeolithic   Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic   Neolithic   Copper Age   Bronze Age   Iron Age   Roman   Middle Age   Modern   Unknown
Bronzo medio.

Notes:

La stele è stata attribuita alla cultura di Milazzese ( isole Eolie ).
 
Bibliography        





European total bibliography, by EuroPreArt partnersTotal (Europe)
Italia EuroPreArt general bibliography, by Centro Universitario Europeo per i Beni Culturali, Ravello.General (country)
Specific I Faraglioni, Stele di Ustica bibliography, by Centro Universitario Europeo per i Beni Culturali, Ravello.Specific (site)
Rock Art Studies: A Bibliographic worldwide Database (external link). Compiled by Leigh Marymor. Copyright (C) 2001-2002 by the Library, University of California, Berkeley Bibliographic
Rock Art
Database

 

 
Conservation        

Status:

Public   Private   Park   Classified site

Risk:

Conservation:

Good   Quite good   Mediocre   Bad

Intervention:

 

By          

Compiler:

Claude Albore Livadie, Marica De Simone.

Institution:

Centro Universitario Europeo per i Beni Culturali, Ravello.  albore@libero.it
 
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EuroPreArt, European Prehistoric Art, is a web-based archaeological project funded by the European Union which aims to establish a lasting data-base of European prehistoric art documentation, to launch the base of an European institutional network and to contribute to the awareness of the diversity and richness of European Prehistoric Art.
It is proposed by: Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT, Portugal), CUEBC - European University Centre for Cultural Heritage (Italy - Europe), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Asociación Cultural Colectivo Barbaón (España), Université de Liège (Belgique), Gotland University College (Sverige), University College Dublin (Eire), Cooperativa Archeologica Le Orme dell'Uomo (Italia), Study Centre and Museum of Prehistoric Art of Pinerolo (Italia), The European Centre for Prehistoric Research in the Alto Ribatejo (Portugal), ArqueoJovem - a youth NGO (Portugal).
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar - Portugal CUEBC - European University Centre for Cultural Heritage, Ravello - Italy CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid - Spain Orme dell'Uomo - Footsteps of Man, Valcamonica - Italy Asociación Cultural Colectivo Barbaón, Extremadura -Spain Liège University - Belgium Gotland University - Sweden University College Dublin - Ireland CeSMAP - Centro Studi e Museo d'Arte Preistorica. Pinerolo, Italy Arqueo Jovem

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