The archaeology of Nuragic Sardinia
By: Gary Webster
Series: Monographs in Mediterranean archaeology -- volume 14
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Sheffield, UK
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781781791356
Subjects: Nuraghi culture; Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology); Bronze age; Iron age; Prehistoric Antiquities; Prehistoric peoples; Social archaeology
Description: "The Archaeology of Nuragic Sardinia is a comprehensive synthesis of evidence bearing on current understandings of Sardinian prehistory from the 23rd through 8th centuries BC. Within a culture-historical framework recent findings on chronology, settlement, subsistence, industries, trade, external relations and cult practices are treated within successive chronological periods from Early Bronze Age through Early Iron Age. Summary discussions address issues of interpretation with regard to what might be reasonably inferred about Nuragic social institutions, normative codes, even cognitive orientations. While the focus throughout is on the Sardinian record, due consideration is also paid to potentially related developments on the neighboring island of Corsica"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A brief history of Nuragic archaeology; title: Early Bronze Age, twenty-third to eighteenth centuries BC; title: Middle Bronze Age, eighteenth to thirteenth centuries BC; title: Late Bronze Age, thirteenth to tenth centuries BC; title: Iron Age 1 or Geometric Period, tenth to eighth centuries BC; title: Postscript.