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DESCRIPTION:The Kepos Project – Meetings on Archaeology and Landscape retur
 ns\, an annual cycle of conferences promoted by the Walton Foundation and 
 the La Mortella Gardens. With an interdisciplinary approach\, it offers a 
 reflection on Italy’s and the world’s extraordinary cultural heritage. Cur
 ated by Dr. Mariangela Catuogno\, this year’s edition is dedicated to the 
 centenary of Lady Walton and her work as the creator of an extraordinary p
 lace such as the La Mortella Gardens.\nAfter the success of the first even
 t\, dedicated to the royal patronage of the English Garden at the Royal Pa
 lace of Caserta\, the second meeting—focused on archaeology—will take plac
 e at Villa Arbusto on May 7 at 7:00 PM.\nThe conference will provide an im
 portant contribution on the current state of studies regarding the Levanti
 ne presence attested in the settlement of Pithekoussai and will be deliver
 ed by Massimo Botto\, Research Director at the National Research Council (
 CNR) and Professor of Phoenician-Punic Archaeology at the OrSa Specializat
 ion School.\nThe nature and ethnic composition of the community that settl
 ed on Ischia in the second quarter of the 8th century BC—defined as Euboea
 n by classical authors—remains at the center of ongoing debate among speci
 alists. Based on the extensive data collected by Giorgio Buchner and David
  Ridgway in the necropolis of San Montano\, it has been possible to identi
 fy the presence—not only of Greeks and local individuals—but also of Etrus
 cans\, Italic peoples\, and “Phoenicians” in the broadest sense of the ter
 m\, referring both to people from the Syro-Palestinian area and to groups 
 from the Levantine coasts who took part in the wide and complex process of
  expansion westward promoted by the powerful city of Tyre. This process in
 volved various actors recruited both in the East and in the central-wester
 n Mediterranean.\nHowever\, not all scholars agree that Phoenician merchan
 ts and craftsmen were permanently active at Pithekoussai. Drawing on the a
 rchaeological and epigraphic evidence available\, and referring to the mos
 t recent lines of research on the topic\, the meeting will aim to clarify 
 the multiethnic and multicultural nature of Pithekoussai\, highlighting th
 e contribution of the Eastern component.\nFollowing opening remarks by Ale
 ssandra Vinciguerra\, President of the Walton Foundation and La Mortella G
 ardens\, Professor Massimo Botto will present on the topic. The event will
  be moderated by Dr. Mariangela Catuogno\, Scientific Director of the Kepo
 s Project. https://ischiaeventi.it/en/events/intrattenimento/event/249829-
 project-kepos-phoenicians-in-ischia-traces-of-levantines-at-pithekoussai
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LOCATION:Museo Archeologico Pithecusa (Corso Angelo Rizzoli\, 210\, 80076 L
 acco Ameno NA\, Italia)
SUMMARY:Project Kepos: Phoenicians in Ischia? Traces of Levantines at Pithe
 koussai
URL:https://ischiaeventi.it/en/events/intrattenimento/event/249829-project-
 kepos-phoenicians-in-ischia-traces-of-levantines-at-pithekoussai
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