Le sepolture di epoca romana ad est della Curia presso il Santuario di S. Vittoria (Serri, CA): survey e rilievo delle strutture, settembre-ottobre 2016

Abstract: This article describes the preliminary survey conducted on field by the author in Serri in the sanctuary of Santa Vittoria, as part of the activities of Greek and Roman Archaeology of the University of Cagliari. The operations take place in an area to the east of the Curia, probably used as a funerary site in roman era, cited by some scholars, but, until now, it has never been the object of specific analysis.   Riassunto: L’articolo espone finalità e risultati delle operazioni condotte dallo scrivente a Serri nel santuario di Santa Vittoria, come parte delle attività della cattedra di Archeologia e Storia dell’arte greca e romana dell’Università degli Studi di Cagliari: ricognizione e rilievo di un’area posta a oriente della Curia, probabile sede di sepolture di epoca romana, citate da diversi studiosi, ma finora mai oggetto di analisi sistematica

Recensione a: Francesca Paola Porten Palange, Lucerne a volute monolicni e bilicni dal teatro di Cesarea Marittima (=ARCHAEOLOGICA - 177), Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, Roma 2017, pp. 148, tavv. LXV fuori testo, ISBN: 978-88-7689-303-2

Review to: Francesca Paola Porten Palange, Lucerne a volute monolicni e bilicni dal teatro di Cesarea Marittima (=ARCHAEOLOGICA - 177), Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, Roma 2017, pp. 148, tavv. LXV fuori testo, ISBN: 978-88-7689-303-2   Recensione a: Francesca Paola Porten Palange, Lucerne a volute monolicni e bilicni dal teatro di Cesarea Marittima (=ARCHAEOLOGICA - 177), Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, Roma 2017, pp. 148, tavv. LXV fuori testo, ISBN: 978-88-7689-303-

Recensione a: Mauro Puddu, Funerary Archaeology and Changing identities: Community practices in Roman-period Sardinia (=ArchaeoPress Roman Archaeology 55), ArchaeoPress, Oxford 2019, pp. 180, ISBN: 978-1-78969-000-2

Recensione al volume di Mauro Puddu: Funerary Archaeology and Changing identities: Community practices in Roman-period Sardinia (=ArchaeoPress Roman Archaeology 55), ArchaeoPress, Oxford 2019

Le monete dalle aree Alfa e Beta di Nora, anno 2013 (Pula, CA). Materiale numismatico della prima campagna di scavo dell’Università degli Studi di Cagliari nell’area ex-militare di Nora

Abstract: The article expose a selection of the coins unearthed in the course of the excavations conducted by the chair of Greek and Roman Archaeology and History of Art of the University of Cagliari in the former military area of the site of Nora at Pula (CA). The operations take place during the summer of 2013 and allowed the discovery of 17 coins referred from the 1st century B.C. to 4th century A.D. Riassunto: L’articolo espone una selezione del materiale numismatico rinvenuto durante la I campagna di scavo condotta nel 2013 dalla cattedra di Archeologia e Storia dell’arte dell’Università degli Studi di Cagliari nell’area ex-militare di Nora a Pula (CA). I lavori hanno permesso la scoperta di 17 monete riferite ad un arco cronologico che va dal I sec. a.C. al IV d.C

Archeologia urbana a Cagliari. Scavi in via Caprera 8 (2014-2015)

Abstract: The book treats about the archaeological excavation in via Caprera 8, in the courtyard of the Regional Agency Laore. The finding of a great amount of archaeological objects is of central importance for the understanding of the ancient urbanistic of Cagliari. These objects, which chronology goes from the 5th century BCE to 7th century CE, has allowed to analyse and study the archaeological finds and excavation context, precisely exposed in the text.Riassunto: Il volume tratta dello scavo archeologico eseguito in via Caprera 8, nel cortile interno dell'Agenzia regionale Laore. In tale ambito, centrale nell'urbanistica di Cagliari antica, il rinvenimento di un gran numero di reperti che vanno dal V secolo a.C. al VII d.C. ha consentito l'analisi e lo studio dei materiali archeologici e del contesto di scavo, esposti in maniera puntuale nel volume

Archeologia e Cultura delle aree interne della Provincia Sardinia: l'archeologia come indicatore culturale, economico e insediativo durante la fase di occupazione romana in Sardegna

The project aims to a complete analysis of the settlement pattern of Roman Sardinia from the conquer of the Island until the arrival of the Vandals. The sample areas were two rural territories located respectively south-west and north-west from the borders of the inner part of the Island controlled by Sardinian Barbarian people. The second chapter focus on the acculturation and Romanization issues in the international debate while the third concerns an historical presentation of Roman Sardinia and a critical analysis of the economic exploitation theories and positions about Romanisation in the Sardinian academic world. The fourth chapter is the catalogue of the thesis which presents archaeological evidences and a first quantitative analysis. The fourth chapter focuses on a series of digital tools and analytical models concerning the study of settlement patterns, main and secondary road systems and new methodologies about land survey studies. Distributive patterns and interpolation analysis were conducted on the data samples of the Progetto Sub Terris lead by Marco Giuman in the territory of Ortacesus since 2018. The sixth chapter took into account landscape archaology theories and the theme of economic exploitation of the rural areas. In this part of the thesis were analysed two different landscape concerning an agricultural and a pastoral territory in a close connection with rural administration issues. Those analysis focuses mainly on the application of the so-called Von Thunen model and the theory of the Central places. Last but not least, the thesis focuses on the narrative of the different economies and economic systems verified in the study with a perspective of a new synthesis of rural exploitation models of Roman Sardinia. Another aspect was the analysis of Sardinian identity issues in the Roman phase and the verification of Roman influence in the landscape administration with a deepening about cultural elements linked to the human impact on the rural landscapes

An unusual case of prone position in the Punic/Roman necropolis of Monte Luna in Sardinia (Italy): A multi-disciplinary interpretation of Tomb 27

Sardinia (Italy), noted for its wealth and strategic position, has been conquered through time by different populations and each one of them instilled their specific culture, ritual behaviour, and customs. Sometimes a clearcut distinction is evident between these cultures, while other times it is more of a natural progression with no marked moment of change evident. This study discusses a single grave from the Necropolis of Monte Luna, established by the Punic people, with depositional chambers and pits carved on a rockhill in front of the city settlement (Acropolis). Among the 120 tombs, Tomb 27 contained a young woman (T27.2) buried in an atypical prone deposition, having disturbed an earlier burial (T27.1), a subadult around 15 years of age. T27.2 suffered two distinctive types of perimortem trauma, a possible diastatic blunt force trauma to the occipital bone and a small quadrangular-shaped lesion reminiscent of a Roman era square shaped nail. The grave goods allow a quite specific dating to the period of transition between Punic and Roman cultures. These, and other characteristics of the young woman’s skeleton, are of significance in understanding funerary and cultural behaviour at the time of this transition

Investigating the socio-spatial logic of historic urban areas through space syntax: A comparative analysis of the Roman towns Cosa, Nora, Timgad and Thuburbo Majus

Starting from the Late Republican and First Imperial ages, the Roman Mediterranean has seen the development and transformation of urbanised areas due to the newly gained stability conferred by the so-called Pax Augusta. This phenomenon has significant consequences in transforming pre-existing urban structures and establishing a large number of newly founded urban areas. This study aims to address a gap in the existing literature by developing a method to analyse the configuration of historical urban sites to understand the social and cultural antecedents of the transformation and development of urban areas in the Roman era. The study builds on Space Syntax theories and techniques to develop an analytical protocol that combines syntactical analysis and statistical analysis to measure and compare spatial, visual and social relationships in four urban Roman sites in the Mediterranean. The selected areas of study are the urban sites of Nora and Cosa in Italy, of Timgad in Algeria and of Thuburbo Maius in Tunisia. The study areas include planned urban sites constituted by a grid structure (Cosa and Timgad) and cities with continuity of life (Nora and Thuburbo Maius) formed by an organic inspired spatial layout. The study significantly contributes to archaeology and urban studies by proposing a combination of methods that associates distinct analytical techniques to investigate the large-scale configurational properties of historical urban environments whose spatial structure and, therefore, social logic have been only partially explored