Coming back to England after the Balkan period (1875-1882) and becoming curator of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford in 1884, Arthur Evans traveled to Italy and Sicily for a long time in search of archaeological finds for the collections of the English museum, accompanying his father-in-law , Edward Freeman, who at that time was writing a monumental work on ancient Sicily. On the basis of letters and documents (until now unpublished), a comprehensive and organic treatment of the explorations conducted by the English archaeologist in Italy is presented. These experiences profoundly marked Evans from a human point of view and to some extent also influenced his subsequent scientific activity in Knossos. Starting from the relationships that his father, John Evans, had with Italian scholars, we examine the network of acquaintances that Arthur Evans had with colleagues in Italy and we examine the research conducted by the scholar especially in Taranto and Sicily: the discovery of Mycenaean pottery in some tombs in the Syracuse area (investigated by Paolo Orsi) particularly struck Evans, who, following the death of his wife Margaret in Liguria in 1893, abandoned his Italian scientific interests, dedicating his greatest energies from that moment on to Minoan Crete study.
Arthur Evans: un archeologo inglese in Italia e Sicilia alla fine dell'Ottocento
Nicola Cucuzza
2022-01-01
Abstract
Coming back to England after the Balkan period (1875-1882) and becoming curator of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford in 1884, Arthur Evans traveled to Italy and Sicily for a long time in search of archaeological finds for the collections of the English museum, accompanying his father-in-law , Edward Freeman, who at that time was writing a monumental work on ancient Sicily. On the basis of letters and documents (until now unpublished), a comprehensive and organic treatment of the explorations conducted by the English archaeologist in Italy is presented. These experiences profoundly marked Evans from a human point of view and to some extent also influenced his subsequent scientific activity in Knossos. Starting from the relationships that his father, John Evans, had with Italian scholars, we examine the network of acquaintances that Arthur Evans had with colleagues in Italy and we examine the research conducted by the scholar especially in Taranto and Sicily: the discovery of Mycenaean pottery in some tombs in the Syracuse area (investigated by Paolo Orsi) particularly struck Evans, who, following the death of his wife Margaret in Liguria in 1893, abandoned his Italian scientific interests, dedicating his greatest energies from that moment on to Minoan Crete study.
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