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La Ceramica nuragica della prima età del ferro
No full textThe present study focuses on the production of nuragic pottery during the early Iron Age (about 950-730 BC.).
As widely known ceramic productions enables to make large scale comparisons, both synchronic and diachronic, allowing to underline chronological, functional, economic and cultural differences, whereas each stage of the processes related to ceramic production is affected by the functions of the objects and by a wide range of human and natural factors.
A substantial part of the work has involved a careful review of ceramic ware already known and published, taking into account more than one hundred islanders archaeological contexts.
Furthermore, the data collected were crossed with those coming from the context of the partially published site of Nuracraba in Oristano (OR), through the study of pottery from the remains of a large dump, named discarica D1, filled by ashes and animal bones together with a great number of ceramic fragments
Abini (Teti, Prov. di Nuoro)
No full textSi illustrano le indagini di scavo condotte nel complesso archeologico di Abini (Teti-Nu) nel corso della campagna del 2016
Analisi funzionale del repertorio vascolare nuragico. Forme per la preparazione di cibi e bevande
No full textThe use of many shapes of the Bronze and Iron age nuragic vessels repertory has been defined
relating to morphological and technological characters. Our ability in distinguishing every vessel form function,
strictly depends on the possibility of having more data in addition to form observation.
Definitions have been, up to now, just based on style and shape, but in this work we present an attempt to integrate
typological, formal and archaeometric analysis with experimental archaeology techniques, in order to
establish definition standards for food making and cooking vessels.
Special attention will be given to the shapes related to bread making, to drink and to distilled and fermented
drinks.
It’s interesting to notice that some types of vases as pans (teglie, tegami) had a long life (since Middle Bronze
Age), constant morphological and technological characters, due to a low-skilled home production. On the contrary,
the later introduction (Final Bronze and Iron Age) of new and innovative forms indicates the development
of production activities related to fermentation, distillation, probably due to the ritual use of drinks inside a
stratified society
To communicate the relationships between the mediterranean islands: the case of Menorca and Sardinia in Prehistory
No full textAn Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry and Monte Carlo simulation study of Iron-Age Nuragic small bronzes (“Navicelle”) from Sardinia, Italy
No full textA spectrometric protocol combining Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry with Monte Carlo simulations of experimental spectra using the XRMC code package has been applied for the first time to characterize the elemental composition of a series of famous Iron Age small scale archaeological bronze replicas of ships (known as the “Navicelle”) from the Nuragic civilization in Sardinia, Italy. The proposed protocol is a useful, nondestructive and fast analytical tool for Cultural Heritage sample. In Monte Carlo simulations, each sample was modeled as a multilayered object composed by two or three layers depending on the sample: when all present, the three layers are the original bronze substrate, the surface corrosion patina and an outermost protective layer (Paraloid) applied during past restorations. Monte Carlo simulations were able to account for the presence of the patina/corrosion layer as well as the presence of the Paraloid protective layer. It also accounted for the roughness effect commonly found at the surface of corroded metal archaeological artifacts. In this respect, the Monte Carlo simulation approach adopted here was, to the best of our knowledge, unique and enabled to determine the bronze alloy composition together with the thickness of the surface layers without the need for previously removing the surface patinas, a process potentially threatening preservation of precious archaeological/artistic artifacts for future generations
I santuari nuragici: architettura, organizzazione e funzione degli spazi
No full textLa Sardegna dell’età del ferro si distingue dal mondo peninsulare per la presenza di santuari che mostrano complesse peculiarità architettoniche e funzionali.
Essi sono caratterizzati da strutture templari legate al culto delle acque, con canoni architettonici e aspetti di monumentalità comuni a tutta l’isola.
Lo sviluppo planimetrico non segue invece uno schema fisso, con un’alta variabilità sia nelle caratteristiche degli ambienti sia nella loro distribuzione.
Di notevole interesse la presenza di ambienti non solo dedicati al culto, ma anche ad attività produttive di vario tipo. In particolare il ritrovamento di manufatti bronzei e di tracce di lavorazione del metallo evidenzia il legame dei santuari con la produzione metallurgica.
Lo studio dell’assetto spaziale rivela una divisione in spazi pubblici atti a ospitare i fedeli e ambienti ad accesso limitato forse aperti solo a gruppi elitari amministratori del culto
Some Observations On Bronze Productions In Nuragic Sardinia Between Aegean Influences And Autonomous Creations
No full textThe protohistoric phase in Sardinia is noteworthy for the archaeological phenomena called the “Nuragic Civilization”.
Sardinia is historically recognized as an island rich in metal resources, among which stand out above all the mines of copper, lead and silver, and it’s from the Final Bronze Age that start one important and organized exploitation of these resources.
Between the end of Final Bronze Age and the beginning of Iron Age it starts a production of work tools for agriculture, carpentry and crafts.
Final Bronze Age is also the moment of the flourishing of contacts and trade between Sardinia and other parts of the Mediterranean sea.
The first contacts between Nuragic and people from other areas date back to the Middle and Recent Bronze age, as show micenaean pottery and Aegean provenience goods found in nuragic settlements in the South of the island.
In the Final Bronze Age there is a clear increase of foreign goods presence, widely overspread all over the island, as a consequence of the enhancement of traffics passing through Sardinia and of the new role of the island in them.
Nuragic people are still involved in relationship with the Aegean area, but especially with Cyprus, as demonstrated by many Cypriot bronze artifacts such as tools and tripod stands.
At the very end of Bronze Age we also see the first tracks of contacts with the Iberian Peninsula: atlantic swords, daggers, axes and tools overspread and imitated all over Sardinia.
Sardinia doesn’t just receive foreign goods, but also technology and models, especially in the metallurgy field.
For example, from Cyprus Sardinia learns the lost wax technique for bronze artefacts production, new tools types especially for metal work. The same happens with the Iberian Peninsula, from where Nuragic people take new weapons and tools models.
Nuragic bronze work and production become mature, complex and original, also with a good capability of imitation and elaboration of foreign products.
In the Final Bronze Age there is a change in the approach of Nuragic people to contacts and traffics with external people.
The recent discoveries of nuragic pottery in Cyprus, Crete, Spain, have led to the hypothesis of nuragic groups being actively involved in Mediterranean traffic and routes. These routes, connected to metal traffic, considered Sardinia not only as intermediary base and “customer” for raw metals and artefacts, but as an integral part of trading groups.
Aim of the paper is to make a new reflection on the times, the Aegean areas and the models that could have influenced the metallurgical production of Sardinia in Final Bronze and in Early Iron Age.
Will be also considered the elements that allow to hypothesize about the role of hinge between East and West played by Sardinia in these times
Pasti rituali nei santuari nuragici: gli ambienti di servizio del santuario di Abini-Teti
No full textThe latest excavations (2014-2015) in protohistoric sanctuary of Abini, concerned the area outside
the sacred yard and unearthed a small elliptical space and other subsidiary buildings, in which was found
a big amount of burned material and animal bones, food remains belonging to ancient meals.
The few archaeological contexts in Sardinia that gave helpful finds, show the presence of wild and domestic
animal bones, some of which burned, that lead to hypothesis of a liturgy, in which animal offerings would have
been burned, probably during ritual meals.
The analysis of faunal remains found in association with pottery in Abini give us information and a starting
point for research on offering characters and ritual performances in Sardinian protohistoric sanctuaries, having
an important iconographic reference from the same place in the bronze figurines, representing people offering
gifts as animals, food and pottery
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