The project of protection and enhancement of Sardinian Coastal Towers began with the restoration of nine monuments which, for their building techniques, condition, environmental features and approachability, have been considered the most representative of the Sardinian coastal heritage.
Serra, Maily +2 more
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ASTRONOMY AND LANDSCAPE AT THE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT VILLAGGIO DEI FARAGLIONI, USTICA, SICILY [PDF]
The placement of the Middle Bronze Age settlement Villaggio dei Faraglioni on the Ustica island, one of the best preserved prehistoric village of the Mediterranean area, is analyzed from a cognitive point of view, taking into account archaeoastronomy ...
Foresta, Martin, MAGLI, GIULIO
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THE BEAR AND THE YEAR : ON THE ORIGIN OF THE FINNISH LATE IRON AGE FOLK CALENDAR AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE BEAR CULT [PDF]
The role of the bear as a calendric deity among the Finnic and Finno-Ugric peoples echoes it general importance in all aspects of the northern cultures.
Ridderstad, Marianna P.
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Mid to late Holocene environmental changes along the coast of western Sardinia (Mediterranean Sea) [PDF]
Multiproxy analysis composed of biostratigraphy and pollen analysis allowed reconstructing the palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Tirso river coastal plain in Sardinia (NW Mediterranean) in the last 6 millennia.
Depalmas, Anna +6 more
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Climbing the Giara: A quantitative reassessment of movement and visibility in the Nuragic landscape of the Gesturi plateau (South-Central Sardinia, Italy). [PDF]
Schirru D, Vanzetti A.
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Can Archaeology's "Ritualistic and Symbolic Artefacts" be interpreted semiotically? [PDF]
[Abstract] Archaeologists are often content to leave an interpretation of material culture at the point of recognising symbolic behaviours. However, new archaeological researches are expanding our knowledge of the past towards the non-material and what ...
Vianello, Andrea
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Ancient DNA re-opens the question of the phylogenetic position of the Sardinian pika Prolagus sardus (Wagner, 1829), an extinct lagomorph. [PDF]
Utzeri VJ +13 more
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Relations between static-structural aspects, construction phases and building materials of San Saturnino Basilica (Cagliari, Italy) [PDF]
The construction site was used several times: in a first phase, in the republican era of Roman domination it hosted, probably, a temple whose height could reach 25 meters; in a second phase, during the Roman Empire, it was used as a burial area.
CAZZANI, ANTONIO MARIA +2 more
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A genetic history of the Balkans from Roman frontier to Slavic migrations. [PDF]
Olalde I +72 more
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