The Thapsos Culture is defined as the civilization in ancient Sicily attested by archaeological findings of a large village located in the peninsula of Magnisi, between Augusta and Syracuse, that the Greeks called Thapsos.
Thapsos tomb
I believe I have demonstrated the influence, albeit in a smaller scale of Mycenaean architecture in front of burials of the islet Magnisi; here that influence affirms for the most part. - Paolo Orsi.[1]
Scholars have determined that the period in which it flourished is between 1500 and 1200 BC, the so-called Middle Bronze Age. The Thapsos civilization developed in the entire Sicily although the main centers, which were sometimes enclosed by a fortification wall, were along the coast.
The Thapsos Culture was the subject of great interest of scholars like Paolo Orsi and Luigi Bernabò Brea. The research of Voza have confirmed the existence of three evolutionary phases:
The type of burial found in the necropolis is characterized by large rock-cut chamber tombs and often of tholos-type that some scholars believe it to be of derivation Mycenaean, while others derive it from the shape of the hut. The housing, in small number, are made up of mostly circular huts bounded by stone walls. Some huts have also rectangular shape. The economy was based on farming, herding, hunting and fishing. There are numerous evidences of trading, in particular of bronze vessels and weapons of Mycenaean production. They have established close relationships with the Milazzo Culture of the Aeolian Islands[2] and with the Apennine culture of mainland Italy.
The material culture includes dark surfaced ceramic, often decorated with incised motifs or with cords that form festoons. Characteristic are the large bowls with high horn-shaped feet, bowls, jugs and cups with bifurcated handles.
^Voza, Giuseppe. "Thapsos". Retrieved 27 November 2014.
Further readingedit
D. Seminerio, Civiltà preistoriche nel Calatino - 1988 Tringale editore-Catania
Moses I. Finley, Storia della Sicilia antica, (1979) Laterza
Rubini et al. " Modelli economici di sussistenza nella Sicilia orientale durante la media età del bronzo. Cultura di Thapsos. Rivista di antropologia vol. 79 pp. 85-106, 2001"
Rubini et al. " The Population of East Sicily During the Second and First Millennium BC: The Problem of the Greek Colonies. Int. J. Osteoarchaeol. 9: 8–17 (1999)"
External linksedit
Piccolo, Salvatore (2018). Bronze Age Sicily. World History Encyclopedia.
area archeologica di Thapsos giorni di apertura febbraio 2015 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
January 01, 1970
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