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Excavation

  • Abini
  • Sa badde de sa domo
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  • Italy
  • Sardinia
  • Province of Nuoro
  • Teti

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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)

  • This season, excavations took place outside the sacred enclosure in order to clarify the nature and layout of the rooms situated in the area in front of it.

    The removal of the surface layer revealed the perimeter wall of a circular structure (structure 2).
    In correspondence with the entrance, facing west, there was a regular surface made of stones resting on levels containing little archaeological material but in which blocks of trachyte stone from the destruction of the fountain were visible, suggesting this was a modern re-organization of the area. The finds from the surface layers included an amber bead, a large pin, and a dagger with a triangular blade and simple tang with two rivets.

    The curved blade of a dagger, a bracelet of thin bronze wire, and a fragment of a lead pendant in the shape of a dagger with a swastika hilt were found in the eastern part of the room. was At a short distance from structure 2 a small circular room (3) was identified. This had been the object of illegal excavations in recent years (post 2000).

    The structure’s stratigraphy was formed by layers of black and greyish soil, rich in charcoal and burnt and calcinated faunal remains, while ceramic finds were rare. During the excavation of structure 3, another room (structure 4) was uncovered. It had a sub-oval plan and its perimeter wall abutted that of room 3. A layer of very dark soil in its interior was rich in archaeological material, in particular carinated bowls, bowls with inverted rims, large bowls, jars with cordon decoration and ribbon handles. Some of the jar body sherds showed that the containers had been mended with lead ties. In the north-eastern part of the room by the perimeter wall there was a concentration of daggers with triangular blades (six), possibly a deliberate deposition.

  • Anna Depalmas - Università degli Studi di Sassari 

Director

Team

  • Mariano Ucchesu - Università degli studi di Cagliari
  • Amilcare Gallo - Università degli studi di Sassari
  • Claudio Bulla - Università degli studi di Sassari
  • Loredana Tedeschi - Università degli studi di Sassari
  • Giovanna Fundoni - Università degli studi di Sassari
  • Marco Zedda - Università degli studi di Sassari
  • Bruno Billeci – Università degli studi di Sassari
  • Maurizio Minchilli - Università degli studi di Sassari
  • Rita T. Melis - Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Research Body

  • Laboratorio RIPAM (Ricerche Integrate di Protostoria e Archeometallurgia del Mediterraneo) - Dipartimento di Storia, Scienze dell’Uomo e della Formazione, Università degli Studi di Sassari

Funding Body

  • Comune di Teti
  • Università di Sassari

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