Diphilos Dissertation Prize 2022Studies on Coroplastic Production in Greek Sicily. A PhD Dissertation on the Terracotta Dedicants from the Votive Deposit of Piazza San Francesco in Catania (fifth to fourth century B.C.E.)

Abstract

This contribution represents a brief description of my doctoral dissertation entitled “Il deposito votivo di Piazza San Francesco a Catania: produzione, contesto e diffusione. Le offerenti in terracotta nella Sicilia orientale dall’età protoclassica all’età tardo-classica” that was defended successfully on May 4, 2021, at the University of Catania.

Keywords

• terracottas
• votive deposit
• terracotta production
• dedicants
• Demeter Sanctuary
• Ph.D dissertation