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Insights into Punic genetic signatures in the southern necropolis of Tharros (Sardinia)

open access: yesAnnals of Human Biology, 2021
Background Phoenician and Punic expansions have been protagonists of intense trade networks and settlements in the Mediterranean Sea. Aims The maternal genetic variability of ancient Punic samples from the Sardinian necropolis of Tharros was analysed ...
Stefania Sarno   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

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

open access: yesJournal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2023
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 ...
Anna Willis   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

A funerary rite study of the Phoenician–Punic necropolis of Mount Sirai (Sardinia, Italy) [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2008
AbstractA recent excavation in the Phoenician–Punic necropolis of Mount Sirai, located in the southwestern part of Sardinia, Italy, has brought to light a number of tombs contextually attributed to a period from the early 6th to early 5th century BC, which is simultaneous with the beginning of the Carthago influence in Sardinia.
G. PIGA   +4 more
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The Photogrammetric Survey of the Phoenician and Punic Necropolis of Nora and Three-Dimensional Rendering Tools for Sharing Data [PDF]

open access: yesArcheoFOSS XIII Workshop—Open Software, Hardware, Processes, Data and Formats in Archaeological Research, 2021
The hypogea of the Punic necropolis of Nora represented a testing ground for the use of photogrammetry as an archaeological survey tool in a highly critical context, both from the point of view of the survey itself and from the point of view of the understanding and dissemination of the underground evidence.
Simone Berto   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Progetto Ortacesus Sub Terris: alcune note preliminari sulla prima campagna di ricognizione archeologica di superficie e studio dei materiali della necropoli di Mitza de Siddi (Ortacesus, SU)

open access: yesLayers. Archeologia Territorio Contesti, 2021
Nel corso del 2018 è stato intrapreso uno studio storico e topografico del territorio di Ortacesus, comune del Sud Sardegna, caratterizzato da precedenti interventi archeologici che avevano riguardato lo scavo della necropoli punico-romana di Mitza de ...
Gianna De Luca
doaj   +1 more source

MORE THAN ONE MONUMENT AT POZO MORO? NOTES ON IBERIAN ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION

open access: yesOxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 32-49, February 2023., 2023
Summary More than fifty years after the discovery of the first remains from Pozo Moro, new research has begun to question the arrangement, until now agreed upon, of the tower‐shaped monument. The recent paper by García Cardiel and Olmos (2021) employs iconography to sketch the possibility that the reliefs and sculptures encountered in said necropolis ...
Jesús Robles Moreno
wiley   +1 more source

Maritime connections in the Western Mediterranean and access to copper resources in the Balearic Islands during the Late Bronze Age: Isotopic characterization of the bronze deposit at Es Mitjà Gran, Mallorca

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 898-915, August 2022., 2022
Abstract A very notable phenomenon took place during the final stages of the Late Bronze Age in the Balearic Islands: ritualistic, votive deposits of certain bronze objects. Of the various deposits that have been discovered, that at Es Mitjà Gran in Mallorca is among the most significant in terms of both the variety and number of objects found. Isotope
Bartomeu Llull Estarellas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE POZO MORO RELIEFS (CHINCHILLA, SPAIN): A MEDITERRANEAN HERO BETWEEN EAST AND WEST

open access: yesOxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 250-267, August 2021., 2021
Summary At Pozo Moro, archaeologists discovered the oldest series of architectural and sculptural remains currently known in Iberian culture. It is traditionally assumed that they were part of a single ten‐meters‐high tower that was built – and immediately collapsed – in the late sixth century BC, some fifty years before an Iberian necropolis ...
Jorge García Cardiel   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monumental funerary landscapes of Dhar Tagant (south‐eastern Mauritania): Towards ethical satellite remote sensing in the West African Sahel

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 357-378, July/September 2021., 2021
Abstract The remembrance of the dead is a ubiquitous dimension of most human societies, and the spatial dimension of mortuary practices actively constitutes an essential element of the cultural significance of certain places in the landscape. The visual prominence of stone‐built funerary monuments in dry upland areas is particularly conducive to their ...
Gonzalo J. Linares Matás   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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