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Excavation

  • Laguna di Mistras
  • Mistras
  • .
  • 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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Monuments

Periods

  • No period data has been added yet

Season

    • The lagoon of Mistras is situated immediately north-east of the Punic-Roman city of Tharros; at present it is closed off from the sea by the su Siccu sandbar and is divided into two basins by the Sa Mistraredda sandbar. The presence in the immediate vicini... Read More
    • In April-May 2009, underwater excavations examined the monumental wall in order to investigate its architectural and structural characteristics, relationship with the surrounding area and to look for dating evidence. This intervention was a collaboration b... Read More
    • Research continued in 2010-2012 thanks to funding from the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna. The project, entitled “Variazioni climatiche, modificazioni del paesaggio ed impatto antropico in aree costiere ed interne della Sardegna tra preistoria e storia”, ... Read More
    • This year saw the start of a three-year project (2013-1015) run by Cagliari University’s Department of History, Cultural Heritage, and Territory.

      During this season, further geophysical and geological-stratigraphical analyses were carried out. The georada

      ... Read More
    • This was the first season of excavations on the site and examined a sector situated immediately south of the lagoon’s inner basin.

      The trench intercepted levels of beach and marine strata, all formed naturally. In the absence of structures, occupation evi

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    • This season’s excavations investigated a sector close to the eastern shore of the lagoon’s inner basin.

      The trench intercepted levels of beach and marine strata, all formed naturally. In the absence of structures, occupation evidence was represented by n

      ... Read More
  • 1400 BC
  • 700 BC
  • 400 AD
  • 1400 AD
  • 1800 AD

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