Complete mitochondrial sequences from Mesolithic Sardinia. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 Little is known about the genetic prehistory of Sardinia because of the scarcity of pre-Neolithic human remains. From a genetic perspective, modern Sardinians are known as genetic outliers in Europe, showing unusually high levels of internal diversity ...
Modi A +11 more
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Speleothems uncover Late Holocene environmental changes across the Nuragic period in Sardinia (Italy): A possible human influence on land use during bronze to post-Iron Age cultural shifts [PDF]
Quaternary Science ReviewsDuring the Bronze and Iron Age, Sardinia was home of one of the most technologically advanced Mediterranean societies (the Nuragic culture). Given its key geographical location, the island was also the fulcrum of deep cultural exchanges. Toward the end of the Iron Age, Phoenicians, and especially Carthaginians and Romans, massively frequented Sardinia ...
Andrea Columbu +10 more
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Mining, farming, and diplomacy. Understanding the human landscape of Bronze Age Sardinia (Italy) through geospatial analysis [PDF]
Quaternary Environments and HumansHuman agency on landscape modification and land use is often seen in terms of socio-economic opportunities vs. natural constraints. In the study of prehistoric cultures this is both a strong source of information about sustenance strategies and community
Guido S. Mariani +2 more
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Detection of phylogenetically informative polymorphisms in the entire euchromatic portion of human Y chromosome from a Sardinian sample. [PDF]
BMC Res Notes, 2015 Background: Next-Generation Sequencing methods have led to a great increase in phylogenetically useful markers within the male specific portion of the Y chromosome, but previous studies have limited themselves to the study of the X-degenerate regions ...
Francalacci P +10 more
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Re-use of Nuragic Sacred Wells (Pozzi Sacri) in Punic Sardinia
Classica Cracoviensia, 2022 The aim of the paper is to discuss the phenomenon of the re-use of Nuragic sacred wells (pozzi sacri) during the Punic period (c. 500–238 BC) in Sardinia.
Cezary Namirski
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Progetto Pran’e Siddi: Preliminary Report of Excavations at Nuraghe Sa Conca ʾe sa Cresia (Siddi SU)
Layers. Archeologia Territorio Contesti, 2021 In 2009-2011, Progetto Pran’e Siddi excavated two trenches at Nuraghe Sa Conca ʾe sa Cresia, located on the Siddi Plateau in the Marmilla region of south-central Sardinia, uncovering 1.8 meters of stratified deposits of a primarily domestic character ...
Emily Holt, Mauro Perra
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Archeomatica, 2019 CRS 4 (Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia) developed the Geoportal Nurnet (http://nurnet.crs4.it/nurnetgeo/) to manage and share information about the Bronze Age in Sardinia (Italy).
Valentina Spanu +3 more
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Restauro Archeologico, 2023 The recent initiatives aimed at promoting the recognition of the Sardinian archaeological heritage has generating two proposals included in the Tentative List: the "Domus de Janas", with surprising decorative elements, and the Nuragic civilization whose
Bruno Billeci
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Landscape and geology as controls on Bronze Age human dispersal: a case study from Sardinia (Italy)
Journal of Maps, 2021 The interaction of human dispersal patterns with landscape features can in many cases provide useful information on the sustenance strategies of past communities.
Guido S. Mariani +2 more
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The future (?) of effective protection [PDF]
, 2017 This paper aims at a comparative reading of some archaeological remains in the island of Sardinia, starting from a reflection on the UNESCO discipline, which introduces a hierarchy of cultural heritage based on the level of worthiness of protection and ...
Azzena, G., Busonera, R., Perini, C.
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