Layers. Archeologia Territorio Contesti

The covering bricks from some cappuccina type tombs in the Sarroch area

2025-06-06T10:32:14+02:00

Through this work we want to report the new data that pertain to the study of a group of five tombs with “cappuccina” type covering dated to the imperial Roman period, and were discovered in the Sarroch area. The focus will be on the bricks that covered and sealed the burials, which constitute the overall best preserved materials. In fact, despite still being a class of materials generally considered somehow of secondary relevance, a detailed analysis can lead not only to interesting data on the context itself but also to new starting points for studies on the surrounding area.

The Monte Arci obsidian in the Prehistory of Sardinia and the central-western Mediterranean: synthesis, approaches and perspectives of two hundred years of research

2025-07-15T10:35:07+02:00

In this work, we propose a synthetic and updated critical review of the studies dedicated to the Monte Arci obsidian, retracing their historical evolution, the different methodological approaches applied and the most significant scientific results achieved; finally, the current perspectives of interdisciplinary research are outlined.

La suppellettile fittile da illuminazione dall’area Delta del settore meridionale dell’ex area militare di Nora (Pula, CA)

2025-08-04T10:37:14+02:00

This paper proposes a morpho-typological analysis of oil lamps from sector Delta in the southern part of the ex-area militare of Nora, Sardinia. Its goal is to provide data establishing the chronological period during which the large building complex was in use and to construct a fuller picture of the role of Nora in Mediterranean trade during the Roman era.

Bread in the Iconography of Protohistoric Sardinia

2025-12-12T10:45:46+01:00

The analysis of the iconography of protohistoric Sardinia highlights the existence of various bread representations. In particular the 27 known bronze figurines of bread-offerers illustrate the variety of products of the era (flatbreads, stuffed breads, sweets), suggest preparation techniques, and underscore the important value of bread and its connection to the sacred sphere and cultic practices

Un sarcofago strigilato da Serramanna (CA)

2025-12-12T10:45:45+01:00

In 2019, a strigillated sarcophagus was recovered in a private dwelling in the town of Serramanna, near Cagliari in Sardinia. The decoration seems to recall sarcophagi made by Carthaginian workshops between the end of the 4^th and the middle of the 5^th cent. A.D., even if, without petrographic analysis, it is hard to define if it was imported from North Africa or locally made by artisans that imitate African products. The burial context is unknown. The sarcophagus was reused as water basin.

Recensione a: Santino Alessandro Cugno (ed.), TOPOGRAFIA ANTICA. Giovanni Uggeri e il suo lascito scientifico (=Bibliotheca Archaeologica 63), Edipuglia, Bari 2023, pp. 116, ISBN: 979-12-5995-032-1

2025-08-05T10:37:31+02:00

Book review: Santino Alessandro Cugno (ed.), TOPOGRAFIA ANTICA. Giovanni Uggeri e il suo lascito scientifico (=Bibliotheca Archaeologica 63), Edipuglia, Bari 2023, pp. 116, ISBN: 979-12-5995-032-1