Quis Deus? Su alcune rappresentazioni di carattere cultuale nella Sicilia dell'età del Ferro

The Late Bronze Age - Iron Age in Sicily, conventionally dated between about 900 BC and the foundation of the first Greek settlements, is a period of radical changes of the socio-economic structures, as well as the ideological sphere. This paper aims to investigate the role played by the religious sphere in the centralized and relatively complex 'chiefdoms', in the same time when the first human figurines and representations largely occur in the local iconographical repertoire. A two-handled amphora found in the indigenous sanctuary at Polizzello (central Sicily) shows an intriguing scene with horsemen and warriors. The iconographic analysis of the scene can shed light on ideologies and cults, focusing also on the close cultural links between Sicily and the peninsula during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages.