Sicani
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The Sicani were an ancient people of central and western Sicily, considered among the island’s earliest known inhabitants and often associated with pre-Greek indigenous cultures.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient people
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| archaeologicalAssociation | Castelluccio culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
burial sites in western Sicily
ⓘ
settlements in central Sicily ⓘ |
| associatedWith | indigenous cultures of Sicily ⓘ |
| chronologicallyPrecedes | Greek colonization of Sicily ⓘ |
| coexistedWith |
Elymians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greek colonists in Sicily ⓘ Sicels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| considered | among earliest known inhabitants of Sicily ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod |
Bronze Age
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalType | non-Indo-European (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| disappearance | gradual assimilation into later Sicilian populations ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnonymUsedIn | classical antiquity ⓘ |
| eventuallyInfluencedBy |
Greek culture
ⓘ
Phoenician-Punic culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman culture ⓘ |
| historicalDebate | origin and language classification disputed ⓘ |
| inhabitedRegion |
central Sicily
ⓘ
western Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
ancient literary sources
ⓘ
archaeological remains ⓘ |
| languageFamily | uncertain ⓘ |
| languageStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| legacy |
ethnographic and historical studies of pre-Greek Sicily
ⓘ
toponyms in central and western Sicily ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Diodorus Siculus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ Thucydides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | pre-Greek populations of Sicily ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization |
tribal communities
ⓘ
village-based chiefdoms ⓘ |
| possibleOrigin |
Iberian Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
indigenous to Sicily ⓘ |
| regionToday | Autonomous Region of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
local cults and nature deities
ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ |
| territorialContrastWith | coastal Greek colonies of Sicily ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
interior of Sicily
ⓘ
river valleys of central Sicily ⓘ |
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