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Excavation

  • Brunku S’Omu
  • Mitza Margiani
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  • Italy
  • Sardinia

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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)

  • During this campaign, excavation continued in the north block of the village, where in the past huts 1, 16, 17 and 18 were investigated. In particular, excavation took place in the NW sector situated between the exterior NE wall of hut 16 and the SW wall of hut 17. This space, denominated room 21, was delimited to the NW by a sub-circular wall that connected huts 16 and 17.

    The zone was completely covered by a substantial layer of collapse, excavation of which began in 2014 at a level of -0.30 m. The collapse was covered by a thin layer of humus. The collapse was characterised by the presence of loose reddish soil and large, medium, small stones, from the walls, beginning at -0.90 m, where the 2014 excavations halted. The collapse layer was excavated down to an average of -1.50 m where a new layer began to appear. The latter was characterised by light brown soil and slab-shaped stones that were smaller than those in the overlying collapse. This layer was excavated down to -1.70 m and work will be continued next season. There was little material in the two layers, mainly undiagnostic pottery, and obsidian flakes. However, a new stretch of wall linking the exteriors of hut 16 and 17 was uncovered on the SE side of the room. It had an opening at the centre, which formed the entrance to the room itself. Room 21, which has yet to be fully excavated, was therefore a hut structure with a sub-trapezoidal plan created between huts 16 and 17, which used both the external facings of these two huts and the two walls, the first curving (NW), the second sub-rectilinear (SE), which define the space of the room. The continuation of the excavations will clarify the plan, chronology, and function of this room.

  • Riccardo Cicilloni - Dipartimento di Storia, Beni Culturali e Territorio - Università di Cagliari 
  • Marco Cabras – MU.NU. (Museo della Civiltà Nuragica) di Villa Verde (OR) 

Director

  • Riccardo Cicilloni - Dipartimento di Storia, Beni Culturali e Territorio - Università di Cagliari

Team

  • Marco Cabras – MU.NU. (Museo della Civiltà Nuragica) di Villa Verde (OR)

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