Publications

Selected publications concerning Akrai history and archaeology as well as previous research

(full bibliography 1558-2014 by Scirpo P.D. in: Chowaniec R. eds., Unveiling the past of an ancient town. Akrai/Acrea in south-eastern Sicily, Warsaw 2015, p. 359-397 and academia.edu)

Bernabo Brea L., Akrai, Società di Storia Patria per la Sicilia Orientale, Biblioteca III, Monografie Archeologiche della Sicilia, I, Catania 1956;

Bernabo Brea L., Il tempio di Afrodite di Akrai, Cahiers du Centre Jean Berard 10, Naples 1986;

Campagna L., L’architettura di età ellenistica in Sicilia: per una rilettura del quadro generale, (in:) red. Osanna-Torelli, Sicilia ellenistica, consuetudo italica. Alle origini dell’architettura ellenistica d’Occidente, Roma 2006, p. 15-34;

Campagna L., Pinzone A., Nuove prospettive di ricerca sulla Sicilia del III sec. a.C. Archeologia, numismatica, storia (Atti Incontro di Studio Messina 2002), Pelorias 11, Messina 2004, p. 151-189;

Chowaniec R., in coll. Misiewicz K., Małkowski W., Acrae antica alla luce di indagini non invasive, Journal of Ancient Topography (Rivista di Topografia Antica) XIX, 2009 (2010), p. 121-138;

Chowaniec R., Misiewicz K., Non-invasive researches in Palazzolo Acreide (ancient Akrai), Sicily, Archeologia 59, 2008 (2010), p. 173-186, pl. XXV-XXVII;

Chowaniec R., Palazzolo Acreide, ancient Acrae, Sicily, Italy in 2009 and 2010, Światowit, fasc. A. Mediterranean and Non-European Archaeology VIII (XLIX), 2009-2011, s. 169-171;

Chowaniec R., Ancient Akrai in the light of new researches. Non-invasive researches in Palazzolo Acreide, south-eastern Sicily, (in:) SOMA 2012 Identity and Connectivity: proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Florence, Italy, 1-3 March 2012, Bombardieri L., D'Agostino A., Guarducci G., Orsi V., Valentini S. (eds.), Oxford 2013, BAR S2581, p. 965-971;

Chowaniec R., Sycylia, kraina bogini Demeter, Rocznik Archeo UW 1, 2013, p. 76-83;

Chowaniec R., The Sicilian world after the Punic Wars: the Greek colony in a new reality, in: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Colonisation, Maritime Interaction and European Cultural Integration, eds. H. Glørstad, L. Melheim, Z. Glørstad, Sheffield 2015, pp. 17+ 3 in press;

Chowaniec R., The recovery in the town? Greek colony in a new Roman reality. Case study, (in:) Proceedings XVIII International Congress of Cassical Archaeology, Merida 2014, in press.

Chowaniec R., Palazzolo Acreide, sycylijskie miasteczko w cieniu antycznych ruin, Rocznik Archeo UW nr 2, 2014, p. 76-83;

Chowaniec R., Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily, Italy. Excavations in 2013, Światowit fasc. A. Mediterranean and Non-European Archaeology XI (LII), fasc. A. 2013, Warszawa 2014, p. 157-161;

Chowaniec R., Corinthian Roman relief bowls from Acrae, prov. Syracuse, south-eastern Sicily, Światowit fasc. A. Mediterranean and Non-European Archaeology X (LIII), fasc. A. 2014 in press.

Chowaniec R., Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily, Italy. Excavations in 2014, Światowit fasc. A. Mediterranean and Non-European Archaeology X (LIII), fasc. A. 2014 in press.

Chowaniec R., Guzzardi L., Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily, Italy. Excavations in 2011, Światowit, fasc. A. Mediterranean and Non-European Archaeology IX (L), fasc. A. 2011, Warszawa 2012, p. 169-172;

Chowaniec R., Guzzardi L., Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily, Italy. Excavations in 2012, Światowit, fasc. A. Mediterranean and Non-European Archaeology X (LI), fasc. A. 2011, Warszawa 2013, p. 111-115;

Chowaniec R., Matera M., New Terracotta Figurine of Demeter/Ceres from the south-eastern Sicily, Archaeology and Science 8, 2012, Belgrade 2013, p. 7-18;

Chowaniec R., Rekowska M., Rediscovering the Past. Ancient Akrai in Sicily, (in:) Et in Arcadia Ego. Studia Memoriae Professoris Thomae Mikocki dicata, Dobrowolski W., Płóciennik T. (eds.), Warsaw 2013, p. 261-271;

Chowaniec R., Więcek T., Guzzardi L., Akrai greca e Acrae romana. I nuovi rinvenimenti monetali degli scavi polacco-italiani 2011-2012, Annali Istituto Italiano di Numismatica 59, 2013 (2014), p. 237-269, tav. XIV-XV;

Chowaniec R. eds., Unveiling the past of an ancient town. Akrai/Acrea in south-eastern Sicily, Warsaw 2015

Chowaniec R. eds., Corinthian Roman Relief Bowls from Acrae, prov. Syracuse, south-eastern Sicily, Światowit fasc. A. Mediterranean and Non-European Archaeology XII (LIII), 2014, Warszawa 2015, p. 81-98.

Chowaniec R., Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily, Italy. Excavations in 2014, Światowit fasc. A. Mediterranean and Non-European Archaeology XII (LIII), 2014, Warszawa 2015, p. 7-12.

Chowaniec R., Greek and Roman Impact on the environment. Case study: Akrai/Acrae in south-eastern Sicily, in: Cracow Landscape Monographs 2. Landscape as impulsion for culture: research, perception & protection. Landscape in the Past & Forgotten Landscape, P. Kołodziejczyk, B. Kwiatkowska-Kopka (eds.), Kraków 2016, p. 175-185.

Chowaniec R., The Sicilian world after the Punic Wars: the Greek colony in a new reality, in: Comparative Perspectives on Past Colonisation, Maritime Interaction and Cultural Integration, eds. H. Glørstad, L. Melheim, Z. Glørstad, Sheffield 2016, p. 41-54.

Chowaniec R., Misiewicz K., New geophysical observations on the house complex in ancient town of Akrai/Acrae, south-eastern Sicily, Rivista di Topografia Antica XXV, 2015 (2016), p. 137-150.

Chowaniec R., Gręzak A., Dietary preferences of the inhabitants of ancient Akrai/Acrae (south-eastern Sicily) during Roman times and the Byzantine period, in: M. Ghilardi (ed.), Géoarchéologie des îles de Méditerranée. Geoarchaeology of the Mediterranean Islands, Paris 2016, p. 287-298.

Barone G., Chowaniec R., Fitula M., Mazzoleni P., Mirabella L., Raneri S., Pottery production during „romanization” of Sicily: an archaeometric study of plain table-ware classes from ancient Akrai (Sicily), Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 16, is. 3, 2016, p. 157-170.

Barone G., Chowaniec R., Mangioni S., Mazzoleni P., Raneri S., Evaluation of the technological feature of Late Roman Cooking Ware Classes from Akrai (Syracuse, Sicily), Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 16, is. 3, 2016, p. 171-183.

Chowaniec R., Fitula M., Recenti scavi ad Akrai (Palazzolo Acreide, Sr), ARCHAEOLOGIAE Research by Foreign Missions in Italy XIII.1-2, 2015 (2017), p. 47-68.

Chowaniec R., The Coming of Rome. Cultural Landscape of South–Eastern Sicily, Warsaw 2017.

Chowaniec R., Więcek T., History of town Akrai/Acrae, Sicily, in the light of new numismatic finds, in: M. Caccamo Caltabiano (ed.), XV International Numismatic Congress Taormina 2015 Proceedings, Roma-Messina 2017, p. 122-125.

Chowaniec R., Fituła M., Matera M., Więcek T., Integrated approach to study the vicinity of ancient Akrai. Survey perspective, in: On the borders of Syracuse: Multidisciplinary studies on the ancient town of Akrai/Acrae, Sicily, R. Chowaniec (ed.), Warsaw 2018, p. 85-111.

Chowaniec R., Articulating the local Roman culture in Hellenistic Sicily. The small finds illustrate the local history, in: On the borders of Syracuse: Multidisciplinary studies on the ancient town of Akrai/Acrae, Sicily, R. Chowaniec (ed.), Warsaw 2018, p. 33-68.

Chowaniec R., Dotsika E., Gręzak A., Late Hellenistic to Later Roman/Byzantine periods faunal and flora assemblage in the ancient Akrai (south–eastern Sicily). Environment and food circulation reconstruction, in: On the borders of Syracuse: Multidisciplinary studies on the ancient town of Akrai/Acrae, Sicily, R. Chowaniec (ed.), Warsaw 2018, p. 145-171.

Chowaniec R., Lanteri R., Żelazowski J., Nuove testimonianze di pitture parietali da Akrai (Sicilia), in: Y. Dubois, U. Niffeler (eds.), Pictores per provincias II - Status Quaestionis. Actes du 13e Colloque de l'Association Internationale pour la Peinture Murale Antique (AIPMA), Antiqua 55, Basel 2018, p. 375-382.

Chowaniec R., Więcek T., The archaeological excavations at ancient town of Akrai in  southeastern Sicily, ANS American Numismatic Society 17.2, 2018, p. 28-39.

Chowaniec R., Vandals, Ostrogoths and Byzantine Footprints in Sicily: an archaeological-historical review, Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 19.2, 2019, p. 51-61.

Chrzanovski L., Chowaniec R., The popularity of „Ricci type C” wheel-made lamps in southeastern Sicily: questions and hypotheses, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean Journal 28.1 (special studies: Ancient lamps from Spain to India. Trade, influences, local traditions), Warsaw 2019, pp. 1-22.

Chowaniec R., "Are you eating all this, Mister Marcus?” Towards a study of ancient Sicilian food products, (in:) Jakubiak K., Łajtar A. (eds.), Ex Oriente Lux. Studies in Honour of Jolanta Młynarczyk, Warsaw 2020, p. 401-410 

Cracco Ruggini L., La Sicilia fra Roma e Bisanzio, Storia della Sicilia III, Napoli 1980, p. 1-96;

Danner P., Akrai, (in:) Lexicon of Greek and Roman Cities 3, p. 426-430;

Fischer-Hansen T., The Earliest Town-Planning of the Western Greek Colonies, with special regard to Sicily, (in:) Hansen M. H., Introduction to an Inventory of Poleis, Symposium August, 23-26 1995, Acts of the Copenhagen Polis Centre 3, Copenhagen 3, p. 317-407;

La Sicilia antica I, 3 Citta greche e indigene di Sicilia. Documenti e storia, eds. Gabba E., Vallet G, Napoli 1980;

La Sicilia antica. La Sicilia greca dal VI secolo alle guerre puniche, II, 1, eds. Gabba E., Vallet G., Napoli 1979;

Manni E., Geografia fisica e politica della Sicilia antica, Roma 1981;

Mitens K., Teatri greci e teatri ispirati all’architettura greca in Sicilia e nell’Italia meridionale, c. 350-50 a.C.: un catalogo, Roma 1988;

Orsi P., Palazzolo Acreide. Resti siculi in contrada Sparano, Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità without no, 1891, p. 355-357;

Orsi P., Epigrafe cristiana di Palazzolo Acreide (Acrae). Cotributi alla storia dell’altopiano acrense nell’antichità, Rivista di Archeologia Cristiana VIII, 1931, p. 295-296;

Pelagatti P., Akrai (Siracusa). Ricerche nel territorio, Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei CCCLXVII, Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità 24, Rome 1970, p. 436-499;

Pugliese Carratelli, Palazzolo Acreide. Epigrafi cristiane nella collezione Iudica, Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei CCCL, Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità 78, Rome 1953, p. 345-352;

Scirpo P.D., Bibliografia generale su Akrai. Addenda e Corrigenda, Studi Acrensi, IV, pp. 150-172;

Schubring I., Akrai – Palazzolo. Ein topographisch-archaeologische Skizze, Jahrbuch für klassische Philologie, suppl. IV, 1867, p. 661-672;

Uggeri G., La viabilità della Sicilia in età romana, Journal of Ancient Topography (Rivista di Topografia Antica, suppl. II, 2004;

Voza G., Akrai, in: Archeologia nella Sicilia sud-orientale, P. Pelagatti, G. Voza ed., Napoli 1973, p. 127-128;

Voza G., Nel segno dell’antico. Archeologia nel territorio di Siracusa, Palermo 1999;

Więcek T., Chowaniec R., Guzzardi L., Greek Akrai and Roman Acrae. New numismatic evidence. Polish-Italian archaeological excavations 2011-2012, Archeologia 62-63, 2011-12 (2014), p. 19-30;

Wilson R.J.A., Sicily under the Roman Empire. The archaeology of Roman province, 36 BC – AD 535, Warminster 1990.