Lino : a tribute : Festschrift in honour of Lino Spiteri

During the period that spans from c.3600 to 2500 BC an extraordinary culture rose, flourished and eventually collapsed on the Maltese islands, the so-called Temple Culture. The original population had, in fact, come from the larger island of Sicily from where these distant islands are visible in favourable weather conditions. In time this population detached itself progressively more and more from its parent island and the rest of the world and developed a remarkable culture in a apparent isolation.peer-reviewe