Ancient Malta had two phases of abandonment, both of which make understanding the culture that created monumental buildings on the island difficult to understand. The main mysteries are, where did they come from, where did they go and how did they learn what they knew?
In this video I explore these mysteries and talk in more detail about the two phases of abandonment, which were are not found in the rest of the Central Mediterranean during these times periods.
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✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 Introduction
00:15 Two Phases of Abandonment
01:38 Malta’s First Inhabitants
04:28 The Temple Period
06:55 Second Milliennium Hiatus
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✨ REFERENCES
Bonanno, A. (2008). Insularity and isolation: Malta and Sicily in prehistory. In A. Bonanno, & P. Militello (Eds.), Malta in the Hybleans, the Hybleans in Malta pp. 27-37. Palermo: Officina di Studi Medievali.
Malone, C., Grima, R., McLaughlin, R., Parkinson, E. W., Stoddart, S., & Vella, N. (2020). Temple places: Excavating cultural sustainability in prehistoric Malta. [Book].
Parkinson, E.W., McLaughlin, T.R., Esposito, C., Stoddart, S. and Malone, C., 2021. Radiocarbon dated trends and central Mediterranean prehistory. Journal of World Prehistory, 34(3), pp.317-379.
Trump, D.H. (2002). Malta Prehistory and Temples. Santa Venera: Midsea Books.
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Stentinello culture pottery, credit: Davide Mauro
Figure 2, credit: Parkinson, E.W., in paper referenced above
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Dating from the FRAGSUS Project, credit: Created by MegalithHunter with data taken from Malone, C., (2020) as referenced above
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Torre d´en Galmés, credit: Vickypari
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