For an Archaeology of the Italic peoples in Sicily

Piccioni, Aura (2025) For an Archaeology of the Italic peoples in Sicily. ACTA ANTIQUA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 65 (3-4). pp. 367-376. ISSN 0044-5975

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Abstract

Far from having a common cultural identity, Sicily has always stood out as a cultural melting pot, the result of interactions between indigenous peoples (Elymians, Sicans, and Sicilians), Greeks, Phoenicians, and later Italians and Romans, and even Etruscans. The mythological history of Sicily corresponds to the archaeological evidence from the 6th to the 4th c. BC, both of which emphasize the interaction as well as conflict of different peoples. The literary and onomastic evidence from Western Sicily, especially Selinunte and Monte Iato, demonstrate that Sicily has been the crossroads of many diverse peoples from the North (Italians, Etruscans, and Romans) the East (Greeks), and the South (Punic – i.e. Phoenicians) both in commerce and conflict, who eventually combined with the indigenous peoples (Elymians, Sicans, and Sicilians) to create a melting pot identity.

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