Mġarr phase

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Ta 'Ħaġrat temple complex

The Mġarr phase (around 3800-3600 BC) is one of the eleven phases of Maltese prehistory . It is named after the city of Mġarr in the northwest of the main island, where the eponymous pottery of the phase was found in the temple complex of Ta 'Ħaġrat . Today, this ceramic is no longer regarded as a phase-determining, but as a local variant. Burial in rock caves like those of Xemxija is typical for this phase .

The Mġarr phase followed the Żebbuġ phase, in which there was a connection with Sicily, as evidenced by the Żebbuġ pottery found in Licata-Caduta. The three phases Ġgantija, Saflieni and Tarxien followed, in which the megalithic temples of Malta were built.

literature

  • Joachim von Freeden: Malta and the architecture of its megalithic temples. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-534-11012-9 .
  • Domenica Gulli et al .: Archaeometric identification of Maltese imports in prehistoric Sicily: Żebbuġ phase pottery from Licata-Caduta (Agrigento).

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