Wreck A (Pyres)
Republican-age cargo ship with a huge load of Dressel 1A amphorae (over 300 recovered) and black-painted ceramic. The load is between 33 and 43 meters. Excavations and recoveries: Roghi, Club Mediterranee, RAF 1962, Giuffre Vajarelli 19- first half II BC
Text source: https://www2.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali/archeologiasottomarina/sit/messina/Tabella_BC_ME_EOLIE.pdf (S0202)
Bibliography and further in-depth documents:
Marine cultural heritage sites table (Superintendence of the Sea) https://www2.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali/archeologiasottomarina/sit/messina/Tabella_BC_ME_EOLIE.pdf
UNESCO Management Plan of the Aeolian Islands
100) FIRST SICILY - AT THE ORIGINS OF SICILIAN SOCIETY - volume first edited by Sebastiano Tusa Palermo 1997.
235) Meligunìs - Lipàra Vol. I: The prehistoric station of the Diana district and the protohistoric necropolis of Lipari - By Luigi Bernabò Brea and Madeleine Cavalier - Publications of the Aeolian Museum of Lipari - Flaccovio publisher, Palermo 1960
236) Meligunìs - Lipàra Vol. II: The Greek and Roman necropolis in the Diana district - By Luigi Bernabò Brea and Madeleine Cavalier - Publications of the Aeolian Museum of Lipari - Flaccovio publisher. Palermo 1965
237) Meligunìs - Lipàra Vol. III: Prehistoric stations of the Panarea, Salina and Stromboli islands - By Luigi Bernabò Brea and Madeleine Cavalier - Publications of the Aeolian Museum of Lipari - Flaccovio publisher. Palermo 1968
Ignazio Caloggero: History of Sicily Interpreted Vol. 1: Before the Greeks (2022)
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Photos: UNESCO Management Plan of the Aeolian Islands
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