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Fig. 7 — Tas-Silg North (Malta), sub-rectangular room (area M) provided with altar. A: the eastern side; B: orthostat with carved window on the western side of the room.

Figure 7 — Tas-Silg North (Malta), sub-rectangular room (area M) provided with altar. A: the eastern side; B: orthostat with carved window on the western side of the room.

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Fig. 1 — Principal Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age sites in the Maltese Islands.
Fig. 1 — Principal Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age sites in the Maltese Islands.
an under-ground monument provided with megalithic features. The various chambers, artificially excavated at different levels, yielded a huge number of skeletal remains (which are now lost) that led to an estimation, probably overrated, of seven thousand burials (Zammit 1930: 121).
an under-ground monument provided with megalithic features. The various chambers, artificially excavated at different levels, yielded a huge number of skeletal remains (which are now lost) that led to an estimation, probably overrated, of seven thousand burials (Zammit 1930: 121).
Fig. 3 — Late Neolithic pendants and figurines from various sites. Polished stones axe-pendants from Xaghra (1-3) and Tas-Silg North (4); polished stone leaf-shaped pendant from Tas-Silg North (5); alabaster zoomorphic pendant from Tas-Silg North (6); oval shell beads from Xaghra (7-8) and Tas-Silg North (9); worked-bone heads from Xaghira (10-11); clay figurines from Xaghra (12-14) and Hal Saflieni (15: the so called sleeping lady); (1-3, 7-8, 10-15 adapted from Malone et alit 2009; 4-6, 9 drawn by G. Recchia).
Fig. 3 — Late Neolithic pendants and figurines from various sites. Polished stones axe-pendants from Xaghra (1-3) and Tas-Silg North (4); polished stone leaf-shaped pendant from Tas-Silg North (5); alabaster zoomorphic pendant from Tas-Silg North (6); oval shell beads from Xaghra (7-8) and Tas-Silg North (9); worked-bone heads from Xaghira (10-11); clay figurines from Xaghra (12-14) and Hal Saflieni (15: the so called sleeping lady); (1-3, 7-8, 10-15 adapted from Malone et alit 2009; 4-6, 9 drawn by G. Recchia).
Fig. 5 — Tas-Silg North (Malta), the Late Neolithic megalithic complex.
Fig. 5 — Tas-Silg North (Malta), the Late Neolithic megalithic complex.
Fig. 6 — Tas-Silg North (Malta), 3D reconstruction of ‘temple’ I (F. Gagliardi and G. Recchia 2010).
Fig. 6 — Tas-Silg North (Malta), 3D reconstruction of ‘temple’ I (F. Gagliardi and G. Recchia 2010).
Fig. 8 — Ggantija (Gozo), the Late Neolithic megalithic complex (adapted from Pace 2004).
Fig. 8 — Ggantija (Gozo), the Late Neolithic megalithic complex (adapted from Pace 2004).
Fig. 9 — Thermi ware from Tas-Silg North (1-2) and Tarxien (3-4); Tarxien Cemetery pottery from Tarxien (5-8); (1-2 from Copat et alii 2012; 3: adapted from Evans 1971; 4-8 adapted from Murray 1934). ideologies, which included that linked to the prestige of warriors’.
Fig. 9 — Thermi ware from Tas-Silg North (1-2) and Tarxien (3-4); Tarxien Cemetery pottery from Tarxien (5-8); (1-2 from Copat et alii 2012; 3: adapted from Evans 1971; 4-8 adapted from Murray 1934). ideologies, which included that linked to the prestige of warriors’.
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