Sicily Before History: An Archeological Survey from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age

by Robert Leighton and Robert Leighton

Book Overview

Students and travelers to Sicily will welcome this inviting introduction to the archaeology of the Mediterranean's largest island. In the first English-language book on prehistoric Sicily in over forty years, Robert Leighton explores the region's rich archaeological record. He charts the development of Sicily's early cultures from the Palaeolithic onward, concluding with an account of the indigenous society at the time of Greek and Phoenician settlement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801436206
• ISBN13: 9780801436208
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher