Archaeological Mission of Chieti University in Libya: Reports 2006-2008

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The RES Series (Reports, Excavations and Studies of the Archaeological Unit of the University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara) is dedicated to the projects and the researches of the different teams of the university of Chieti-Pescara working on archaeological projects in Italy and abroad. This first volume is dedicated to the Archaeological Mission in Cyrenaica, starting with the reports and researches of the seasons from 2006 to 2008. Chieti University has been working in Libya with a large international team since 1997. The emphasis of the publication is to present archaeological data to form part of an archive of finds, sites and monuments: a resource and reference point for archaeologists from Libya and elsewhere. At this moment the chora (territory) of Cyrene is facing multiple threats, even the potential loss of important monuments. It is hoped that this publication will contribute to the preservation of the local archaeological heritage. Table of Contents Introduction: The Archaeological Mission of Chieti University in Cyrenaica Section I: The archaeological mission of Chieti university in cyrenaica: Projects, aims, issues and methodologies - Oliva Menozzi Chapter 1: The Pavilion of the Sculptures Chapter 2: Survey Section II: Interim Reports: 2006-2008 - Oliva Menozzi GIS, survey and excavations preliminary report season 2006 Chapter 3: Ain Hofra: Excavation of Tomb C Chapter 4: Ain Hofra: Excavation of Tomb C: season 2006 Chapter 5: Survey of the altar-niches and Excavation of Ammon’s Shrine Chapter 6: Season 2006: Survey and Gis of Ain Hofra GIS, survey and excavations preliminary report season 2007 Introduction: Season 2007 Chapter 8: The excavation of the Cave W1 (Said’s Cave) Chapter 9: Ammon Area: Study of The Inscriptions And Excavation of The Southern Niches GIS, survey and excavations preliminary report season 2008 Introduction: Season 2008 Chapter 10: Ain Hofra excavations and restorations Chapter 11: Lamluda as sample area for intensive investigation Chapter 12: Archaeometric studies: Description of the main fabric on the basis of a preliminary direct and microscopic analysis of the pottery Section III: Appendices Survey and mapping of the necropoleis La Necropoli nord: il campione di Wadi Bu Truchia - Maria Giorgia Di Antonio The Western Necropolis of Cyrene (Libya) - Eugenio Di Valerio The Eastern Necropolis: survey and remote sensing - Clara Tamburrino Eugenio Di Valerio La Tomba C di Ain Hofra: struttura e planimetria - Ain Hofra Preliminary conservation and restorations of Tomb C (Ain Hofra) - Eugenio Di Valerio, Stefano Faccini Un coperchio istoriato infantile dalla tomba C - Debora Lagatta Anthropological and pathological analyses of some human skeletal remains from Cyrene (Libya) - Ruggero D’Anastasio, Marinella Urso, Gabriella Vitullo, Luigi Capasso Indagini archeologiche nella Grotta Said ad Ain Hofra (Cirene). Anni 2001-2003 - Vincenzo d’Ercole, Alberta Martellone Indagini archeozoologiche e paletnologiche nella grotto W1 ad Ain Hofra - Marinella Urso, Gabriella Vitullo Surveys, works and projects in the territory Geological & Geoarchaeological Survey - Silvano Agostini, Mariangela Schiazza Survey of the territory. GIS of the Fortifications (Gsur) in Cyrenaica: typologies and examples - Domenico Fossataro, Oliva Menozzi Investigation of Late Antiquity and Medieval Period at Lamluda (El-Gubba, Cirenaica) - Sonia Antonelli, Maria Carla Somma Preliminary results of the archaeometric analyses - Silvano Agostini Coastal and archaeological sites of Libya: Apollonia protection project - Enzo Catani, Fabio Pallotta, Diego Paltrinieri, Emanuela Stortoni Epigraphy and coins Inscriptions lapidaires des nécropoles de Cyrène, nouvelles ou retrouvées - Catherine Dobias Lalou The inscription of Qaşr Khuraybah - Stefano Struffolino A new inscription on a pottery fragment from Lamluda. Epigraphic and palaeographic analysis - Angela Cinalli Interim report of the Coin Catalogue from Cyrene and the chora - Maria Cristina Mancini Bibliography