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Excavation

  • Fortezza del Nuraghe Sirai
  • Nuraghe Sirai
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    • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

      MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

      ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

      AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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    Summary (English)

    • The campaign concentrated on the internal structure of the fortress in the N-E quadrants (Sector B) and the excavation of the southern room of the elliptical construction (Hut 2 south, Sector A), with the aim of defining the functional and chronological relationships of a sacred area uncovered here during the previous campaign.

      Sector A

      Following the removal of the humus and a first level of collapse, an earlier deposit of varied composition was reached. To the east numerous nucleuses of baked clay appeared, belonging to the original ceiling. The clay presented grooves of varying diameter and depth impressed by the canes and branches on which it rested. On the same level in the central part of the room there were accumulations of bricks or fragments of unbaked marine clay which certainly came from the walls.

      In the southern part of the room the collapse covered various features: a hearth, a tank linked to a kiln of which the circular floor and the spring line for its walls were preserved together with fragments of baked clay. Beside the kiln was a small angular room whose function has yet to be established.

      The collapse US 183 (and also the collapses inside the features = 183) produced numerous objects confirming the use of hut 2 south for metalworking activity: four fragmentary millstones, various grinders, a pestle and over 10 coti; iron slag, fragments of pottery vessels containing ferrous deposits interpretable as crucibles; a water bucket found in fragments inside the tank, and lastly numerous iron objects including two points and a lance tip.
      The pottery dated to between the last quarter of the 7th and the first half of the 6th century B.C.

      Vicolo 2

      South of the hut an entry threshold to hut 2 south was identified, in a position slightly off of what would have been the ideal central axis. South of the vicolo, a new entrance and two rooms which have begun to appear to the west of the entrance seem to indicate the presence of a new block, (block θ) developing around a central room.

      Sector B

      The extension of the excavation to an unexplored area of the settlement (zone η) revealed the presence of a rectangular building (circa 8 × 3.90/4.50 m), and the tops of three of the four perimeter walls of another building. The latter was parallel to the first and separated from it by a pathway with an average width of 2.50 m. South of the second building, at a distance of about 1.50 m another rectilinear structure was identified, in a parallel position to the buildings described above.

      Thus, the evidence has provided several elements that are of use for the understanding of the internal structure of the fortress: the series of rectangular buildings parallel to one another shows a different and more regular layout than that in Sector A. This confirms a possible arrangement in radial sectors and the presence of an annular road abutting the defensive walls.

    • Carla Perra - Museo Archeologico Villa Sulcis, Comune di Carbonia 

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    Team

    • Emanuele Mei - Società ATI IFRAS s.p.a.
    • Mafalda Mascia - Società ATI IFRAS s.p.a.
    • Maristella Cera - Società ATI IFRAS s.p.a.
    • Andrea Galizia - Società ATI IFRAS s.p.a.
    • Emiliana Fonnesu - Società ATI IFRAS s.p.a.
    • Evelina Porcu - Società ATI IFRAS s.p.a.
    • Mario Atzori - Società ATI IFRAS s.p.a.
    • Roberto Zuddas - Società ATI IFRAS s.p.a.
    • Salvatore Basciu - Società ATI IFRAS s.p.a.
    • Vittorio Cera - Società ATI IFRAS s.p.a.

    Research Body

    • ATI Ifras s.p.a.
    • Comune di Carbonia

    Funding Body

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