This was the first excavation campaign at the nuragic sanctuary of Santa Vittoria di Serri (Cagliari). The excavations were entirely financed by the local administration and were run by the Universities of Cagliari and Granada with the participation of students from the universities of Oristano, Aarhaus-Denmark and Évora-Portugal.

Research took place in two main areas in the eastern sector of the nuragic complex in correspondence with one of the spoil heaps created by the excavations carried out in the first decades of the 1900s by Antonio Taramelli, and in the area of the presumed Roman necropolis where a primary survey was undertaken. A tabular-shaped heap about 10 m long and 1 m high, which appeared to be one of the possible spoil heaps from the 20th century excavations was situated south of a group of circular huts already investigated by Taramelli and denominated “Piazzale delle abitazioni”. The excavations immediately identified, just below the humus, the presence of a straight wall running north-east/south-west, 12 m long and 0.90 m wide. It was built with medium to small pieces of stone and had an entrance in its southern part. The narrowness of the wall suggests it formed the enclosure of an undefined area. Already at the upper levels, the stratigraphy produced large quantities of pottery from various forms some decorated with small circles, datable to the orientalizing phase of the Iron Age (7th century B.C.). Metal artefacts, such as the head of a large pin, several lead repair ties and a large amount of food remains were found. The end of the season halted excavations before any undisturbed stratigraphy was reached, thus all the archaeological material that was mixed with a large quantity of stones did not seem to relate to the wall but rather to the 20th century spoil heap. Continuation of this research will clarify the nature of this structure and its chronological context.