A fragment of anthropomorphic figurine from the sitein Valcorrente (Belpasso): a typological study and an interpretation proposal

• Main Author: Valeria Rita Guarnera
• Format: Article
• Language: Italian
• Published: University of Bologna 2020-12-01
• Series: IpoTESI di Preistoria
• Subjects: south-eastern sicily; prehistoric art; anthropomorphic figurines; bronze age; valcorrente
• Online Access: https://ipotesidipreistoria.unibo.it/article/view/12101

This work concerns the typological and interpretative study of a female figurine found at Valcorrente di Belpasso (Catania), located on the south-eastern slopes of Etna. In particular, the study will deal with identification of shared iconographic models within a specific cultural horizon, symbolic values and use of this particular category of objects. The figurine finds comparisons above all with some “idols” from different centers of the Mediterranean in the III and II millennium BC, both in the Balkan, Eastern areas and Northern Italy. The widespread diffusion of this type may have favored its production and distribution in geographic contexts, even far away, while maintaining its meaning and modes of use.