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Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Granada, 2021
During the Bronze Age, in many Western Mediterranean areas (Spain, France, Italian peninsula, isl... more During the Bronze Age, in many Western Mediterranean areas (Spain, France, Italian peninsula, islands), we can observe the development of a series of fortified centers and structures, often on high places, aimed to the defense of strategic locations and resources. These fortifications, which began to be built from the Copper Age, are the answer to a need for possession and control of the territory linked to a greater degree of social complexity, with an ever-increasing hierarchy and the rise to power of persons or groups who very often show the possession of weapons and, consequently, can be related to warlike activities. In Sardinia, Nuragic phenomenon developed during Protohistoy: an extraordinary culture ranging from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (XVIII-XII centuries BC), some of whose features could last from Final Bronze Age until the beginnings of Iron Age (XI-VIII centuries BC), characterized by the building of great monuments, especially nuraghi, cyclopean-type constructions...
Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Granada, 2021
En los últimos años los análisis sobre las relaciones entre las comunidades humanas del pasado y ... more En los últimos años los análisis sobre las relaciones entre las comunidades humanas del pasado y entre éstas y el medioambiente que las circunda a partir de los análisis arqueológicos han visto un importante desarrollo tanto en el plano teórico como en el metodológico. No sin voces críticas el término Arqueología del Paisaje se ha extendido entre los investigadores como una forma de agrupar las diferentes aproximaciones a la problemática imponiéndose a otros términos como Arqueología Espacial o Territorial. Bajo el término Arqueología del Paisaje, o bajo esas otras denominaciones, sin embargo se encuentran posiciones muy diferentes. Esto se aprecia en primer lugar en el objeto de estudio. Por ejemplo, desde la concepción del paisaje como un espacio construido y/o percibido por las comunidades del pasado se enfatiza el análisis de los yacimientos rituales. En otros casos el termino paisaje se usa para referirse a la yuxtaposición de restos de diferentes épocas de nuestro pasado y el ...
This paper is a report of the last excavation campaign of the nuragic settlement of Brunku S'... more This paper is a report of the last excavation campaign of the nuragic settlement of Brunku S'Omu, located in the territory of Villa Verde in central western Sardinia. The site, formed of a nuraghe and a large village of dry-stone huts, has been investigated several times during the period 1982 – 2004. In 2013, a new excavation campaign was carried out inside of the circular dry-stone structure named hut 16. The first results seem to suggest that such structure was used for both food preparation and metal-working activities. Pottery chrono-typological analysis dates the use of the structure to the Final Bronze Age, in accordance with the general dating of the settlement.
Layers. Archeologia Territorio Contesti, 2017
Riassunto: L’area archeologica ubicata a Sud del Nuraghe Su Angiu a Mandas e stata oggetto di una... more Riassunto: L’area archeologica ubicata a Sud del Nuraghe Su Angiu a Mandas e stata oggetto di una concessione ministeriale quinquennale che ha visto la conduzione di tre campagne di scavo, svoltesi dal 2007 al 2009. L’imponente nuraghe quadrilobato testimonia l’importante occupazione nuragica del sito, seguita da una fase di frequentazione allogena documentata da ceramica d’importazione. La presenza punica e ben attestata nell’area, ma non associata, al momento, ad alcuna struttura; ad eta romana sembrerebbe invece riferirsi l’impianto di strutture monumentali, poi abbandonate probabilmente in eta alto-medievale. Abstract: The archaeological site located to the south of the Nuraghe Su Angiu near Mandas has been the subject of three excavation campaigns between 2007 and 2009, thanks to a ministerial concession for the period 2007-2012. The impressive quadrilobate nuraghe testifies to the significant nuragic occupation of the site, followed by a phase of allochthonous use documented b...
Archeologia e Calcolatori, 2015
The authors analyze, as a sample-area, the region that includes the municipality of Mogoro, in ce... more The authors analyze, as a sample-area, the region that includes the municipality of Mogoro, in central-western Sardinia, with the objective to reconstruct, through the study of the settlements and their relationships, some economic and social aspects of the human groups of nuragic culture that inhabited this area between the 18th and the 8th century BC. The territory is located at the foot of Monte Arci, along the Mogoro river that runs through the southern part of the plain of the Campidano of Oristano. The area has been intensively investigated from the half of the past century; an in-depth stratigraphic investigation was carried out since 1994 near the nuragic site of Cuccurada, the main center of an articulated territorial system including a rich network of monuments related to the nuragic civilization. The results are illustrated through various research methods: GIS, with the application of spatial analysis tools, and multivariate analysis (cluster and principal components ana...
The archaeological excavations carried out in 2013 in the hut n. 16 of the protohistoric settleme... more The archaeological excavations carried out in 2013 in the hut n. 16 of the protohistoric settlement of Brunku ’e s’Omu (central-western Sardinia) returned some metal products. The morpho-metric and functional study of these artifacts al-lowed the identification of two mending strips and other remains related to Bronze Age (late II millennium BC) ceramic vessels reparing. Some uncertainly dated slags and metal fragments were also identified. Visual examination and archaeometric investigation carried out by means of portable energy dispersive X-ray fluores-cence spectrometry (pXRF) were performed on these metals. The analyses were able to relate some remains to iron manufacturing and highlighted the lead composition of the other ones. The chosen approach further clarified some as-pects of nuragic metallurgists’ behaviour in selecting and processing metalliferous geo-materials.
Layers. Archeologia Territorio Contesti, 2017
Notizie & Scavi della Sardegna Nuragica. Abstract Book of I Regional Conference (Serri, 20-22 ap... more Notizie & Scavi della Sardegna Nuragica. Abstract Book of I Regional Conference (Serri, 20-22 aprile 2017) Oral contributions Notizie & Scavi della Sardegna Nuragica. Abstract Book del I Congresso Regionale (Serri, 20-22 aprile 2017) Comunicazioni
The territory of Sarcidano is very important for the study of the settlements of the Nuragic popu... more The territory of Sarcidano is very important for the study of the settlements of the Nuragic population in the central-southern Sardinia (Italy), as the archaeological evidence of the late phases of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age shows. In particular, the great sanctuary of Santa Vittoria at Serri stands out on the homonymous plateau and exercises a control of the surrounding territory, corresponding in whole or part to the territories of the Serri, Escolca, Gergei, Isili, and Nurri municipalities. In this work, we experimented with an analytical procedure not yet widely used in the study of settlement processes in the Bronze and Iron Ages: that of Spatial Autocorrelation Techniques. The advantage of this approach lies in the fact that it not only shows spatial relationships, but does so on the basis of different values connected to the spatial data. Results showed that the Nuragic monuments were built near routes of passage so as to control the valleys below the basalt plains. This ...
Riassunto: Nel sito archeologico in localita Cuccurada, in territorio comunale di Mogoro, le rice... more Riassunto: Nel sito archeologico in localita Cuccurada, in territorio comunale di Mogoro, le ricerche hanno evidenziato un insediamento pluristratificato, con fasi di occupazione del Neolitico recente (cultura di Ozieri), dell’Eneolitico (cultura di Monte Claro) e delle Eta del Bronzo e del Ferro, con un riutilizzo dell’area in epoca romana e medievale. Il complesso e gia abbastanza noto in letteratura, ma ancora parzialmente inedito per quanto riguarda i materiali e i dati di scavo. Nel presente contributo si vuole presentare nel dettaglio le diverse fasi di occupazione del sito, soprattutto in relazione ai momenti finali della frequentazione protostorica (Bronzo Finale/I Ferro) ed alla rioccupazione del complesso in eta romana e medievale. Abstract: In the archaeological site of Cuccurada, in the territory of Mogoro, the researches have evidenced a pluristratified settlement, with phases of occupation of the recent Neolithic (culture of Ozieri), of the Eneolithic age (culture of M...
Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Granada, 2021
During the Bronze Age, in many Western Mediterranean areas (Spain, France, Italian peninsula, isl... more During the Bronze Age, in many Western Mediterranean areas (Spain, France, Italian peninsula, islands), we can observe the development of a series of fortified centers and structures, often on high places, aimed to the defense of strategic locations and resources. These fortifications, which began to be built from the Copper Age, are the answer to a need for possession and control of the territory linked to a greater degree of social complexity, with an ever-increasing hierarchy and the rise to power of persons or groups who very often show the possession of weapons and, consequently, can be related to warlike activities. In Sardinia, Nuragic phenomenon developed during Protohistoy: an extraordinary culture ranging from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (XVIII-XII centuries BC), some of whose features could last from Final Bronze Age until the beginnings of Iron Age (XI-VIII centuries BC), characterized by the building of great monuments, especially nuraghi, cyclopean-type constructions...
Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Granada, 2021
En los últimos años los análisis sobre las relaciones entre las comunidades humanas del pasado y ... more En los últimos años los análisis sobre las relaciones entre las comunidades humanas del pasado y entre éstas y el medioambiente que las circunda a partir de los análisis arqueológicos han visto un importante desarrollo tanto en el plano teórico como en el metodológico. No sin voces críticas el término Arqueología del Paisaje se ha extendido entre los investigadores como una forma de agrupar las diferentes aproximaciones a la problemática imponiéndose a otros términos como Arqueología Espacial o Territorial. Bajo el término Arqueología del Paisaje, o bajo esas otras denominaciones, sin embargo se encuentran posiciones muy diferentes. Esto se aprecia en primer lugar en el objeto de estudio. Por ejemplo, desde la concepción del paisaje como un espacio construido y/o percibido por las comunidades del pasado se enfatiza el análisis de los yacimientos rituales. En otros casos el termino paisaje se usa para referirse a la yuxtaposición de restos de diferentes épocas de nuestro pasado y el ...
This paper is a report of the last excavation campaign of the nuragic settlement of Brunku S'... more This paper is a report of the last excavation campaign of the nuragic settlement of Brunku S'Omu, located in the territory of Villa Verde in central western Sardinia. The site, formed of a nuraghe and a large village of dry-stone huts, has been investigated several times during the period 1982 – 2004. In 2013, a new excavation campaign was carried out inside of the circular dry-stone structure named hut 16. The first results seem to suggest that such structure was used for both food preparation and metal-working activities. Pottery chrono-typological analysis dates the use of the structure to the Final Bronze Age, in accordance with the general dating of the settlement.
Layers. Archeologia Territorio Contesti, 2017
Riassunto: L’area archeologica ubicata a Sud del Nuraghe Su Angiu a Mandas e stata oggetto di una... more Riassunto: L’area archeologica ubicata a Sud del Nuraghe Su Angiu a Mandas e stata oggetto di una concessione ministeriale quinquennale che ha visto la conduzione di tre campagne di scavo, svoltesi dal 2007 al 2009. L’imponente nuraghe quadrilobato testimonia l’importante occupazione nuragica del sito, seguita da una fase di frequentazione allogena documentata da ceramica d’importazione. La presenza punica e ben attestata nell’area, ma non associata, al momento, ad alcuna struttura; ad eta romana sembrerebbe invece riferirsi l’impianto di strutture monumentali, poi abbandonate probabilmente in eta alto-medievale. Abstract: The archaeological site located to the south of the Nuraghe Su Angiu near Mandas has been the subject of three excavation campaigns between 2007 and 2009, thanks to a ministerial concession for the period 2007-2012. The impressive quadrilobate nuraghe testifies to the significant nuragic occupation of the site, followed by a phase of allochthonous use documented b...
Archeologia e Calcolatori, 2015
The authors analyze, as a sample-area, the region that includes the municipality of Mogoro, in ce... more The authors analyze, as a sample-area, the region that includes the municipality of Mogoro, in central-western Sardinia, with the objective to reconstruct, through the study of the settlements and their relationships, some economic and social aspects of the human groups of nuragic culture that inhabited this area between the 18th and the 8th century BC. The territory is located at the foot of Monte Arci, along the Mogoro river that runs through the southern part of the plain of the Campidano of Oristano. The area has been intensively investigated from the half of the past century; an in-depth stratigraphic investigation was carried out since 1994 near the nuragic site of Cuccurada, the main center of an articulated territorial system including a rich network of monuments related to the nuragic civilization. The results are illustrated through various research methods: GIS, with the application of spatial analysis tools, and multivariate analysis (cluster and principal components ana...
The archaeological excavations carried out in 2013 in the hut n. 16 of the protohistoric settleme... more The archaeological excavations carried out in 2013 in the hut n. 16 of the protohistoric settlement of Brunku ’e s’Omu (central-western Sardinia) returned some metal products. The morpho-metric and functional study of these artifacts al-lowed the identification of two mending strips and other remains related to Bronze Age (late II millennium BC) ceramic vessels reparing. Some uncertainly dated slags and metal fragments were also identified. Visual examination and archaeometric investigation carried out by means of portable energy dispersive X-ray fluores-cence spectrometry (pXRF) were performed on these metals. The analyses were able to relate some remains to iron manufacturing and highlighted the lead composition of the other ones. The chosen approach further clarified some as-pects of nuragic metallurgists’ behaviour in selecting and processing metalliferous geo-materials.
Layers. Archeologia Territorio Contesti, 2017
Notizie & Scavi della Sardegna Nuragica. Abstract Book of I Regional Conference (Serri, 20-22 ap... more Notizie & Scavi della Sardegna Nuragica. Abstract Book of I Regional Conference (Serri, 20-22 aprile 2017) Oral contributions Notizie & Scavi della Sardegna Nuragica. Abstract Book del I Congresso Regionale (Serri, 20-22 aprile 2017) Comunicazioni
The territory of Sarcidano is very important for the study of the settlements of the Nuragic popu... more The territory of Sarcidano is very important for the study of the settlements of the Nuragic population in the central-southern Sardinia (Italy), as the archaeological evidence of the late phases of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age shows. In particular, the great sanctuary of Santa Vittoria at Serri stands out on the homonymous plateau and exercises a control of the surrounding territory, corresponding in whole or part to the territories of the Serri, Escolca, Gergei, Isili, and Nurri municipalities. In this work, we experimented with an analytical procedure not yet widely used in the study of settlement processes in the Bronze and Iron Ages: that of Spatial Autocorrelation Techniques. The advantage of this approach lies in the fact that it not only shows spatial relationships, but does so on the basis of different values connected to the spatial data. Results showed that the Nuragic monuments were built near routes of passage so as to control the valleys below the basalt plains. This ...
Riassunto: Nel sito archeologico in localita Cuccurada, in territorio comunale di Mogoro, le rice... more Riassunto: Nel sito archeologico in localita Cuccurada, in territorio comunale di Mogoro, le ricerche hanno evidenziato un insediamento pluristratificato, con fasi di occupazione del Neolitico recente (cultura di Ozieri), dell’Eneolitico (cultura di Monte Claro) e delle Eta del Bronzo e del Ferro, con un riutilizzo dell’area in epoca romana e medievale. Il complesso e gia abbastanza noto in letteratura, ma ancora parzialmente inedito per quanto riguarda i materiali e i dati di scavo. Nel presente contributo si vuole presentare nel dettaglio le diverse fasi di occupazione del sito, soprattutto in relazione ai momenti finali della frequentazione protostorica (Bronzo Finale/I Ferro) ed alla rioccupazione del complesso in eta romana e medievale. Abstract: In the archaeological site of Cuccurada, in the territory of Mogoro, the researches have evidenced a pluristratified settlement, with phases of occupation of the recent Neolithic (culture of Ozieri), of the Eneolithic age (culture of M...
Notiziario di Preistoria e Protostoria, 2018
Notiziario di Preistoria e Protostoria 2018, 5.II, pp. 68 - 70.
Sono invitati a partecipare alle attività di scavo, laboratorio e survey gli studenti dei corsi d... more Sono invitati a partecipare alle attività di scavo, laboratorio e survey gli studenti dei corsi di Beni Culturali e Spettacolo, Archeologia e Storia dell’Arte e gli allievi della Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici.
Il vitto e l’alloggio saranno offerti dal Comune di Villa Verde.
I partecipanti verranno divisi in due turni bisettimanali:
I turno: 4 – 15 luglio
II turno: 18 – 29 luglio
Per info: r.cicilloni@unica.it
marcocabras@correo.ugr.es
Richiesta moduli e iscrizione presso Sig. Bruno Garau entro il 27 maggio 2016.
Si può indicare la preferenza per il primo o per il secondo turno, o per entrambi.