Archeologia Della Sardegna

The academic thirty years researches in
Nora allow us to appreciably improve the quality of the knowledge about dynamics of transformation in the early centuries of Roman administration (3rd-1st century BC). With that being the backdrop, this paper aims to propose a reconstruction of the changes in the urban system as a result of the socio-political transformation process from Punic to Roman city, with a focus on public and sacred areas.

Il contributo mira all’esame del contesto stratigrafico caratterizzato dal deposito rituale di 49 antoniniani, individuato presso l’edificio ad est del foro di Nora. La puntuale datazione al 282-283 d.C. fornita dal rinvenimento monetale si configura come un valore aggiunto all’analisi tipologica e cronologica del nucleo di materiali recuperati, permettendo nuove riflessioni sulle classi ceramiche coinvolte e sui processi formativi del contesto.

This paper aims to examine the stratigraphic context marked by the presence of a ritual deposit of 49 Antoniniani, found in the building eastward of the Nora Roman forum. The group of coins dates back to 282-283 AD: this precise information contributes to the typological and chronological analysis of the finds and it enables further remarks on pottery classes and formation processes of the stratigraphic context.

Nel biennio 2018-2019 è proseguita la lettura stratigrafica e planimetrica condotta dall’Università di Padova presso il complesso edilizio di età romana imperiale, situato oltre il limite orientale del foro e a sud-ovest della c.d. Casa Sarda (saggio PO). Le indagini si sono articolate su più fronti, approfondendo lo scavo nel settore nord-occidentale del complesso (vani I, XI, XII), presso i suoi limiti sud-occidentale (vani III, XIII) e sud-orientale (vano VII) e praticando un ampliamento verso est dell’area d’intervento, che ha messo in luce varie evidenze strutturali, fra cui un ambiente absidato (vano XIV). L’asporto dei livelli di crollo ha restituito informazioni sugli alzati murari in crudo rivestiti di intonaco dipinto, sull’assetto del primo piano dell’edificio e sull’articolazione della copertura degli ambienti. La presenza di vari varchi tamponati e di numerosi frammenti di osso semi-lavorato nei livelli di abbandono hanno infine gettato nuova luce sulle ultime fasi di frequentazione del complesso.

In 2018 and 2019 the University of Padova carried on an archaeological survey of the Roman Imperial building situated beyond the eastern edge of the forum and southeast of the so-called Casa Sarda (PO area). The survey was conducted in different areas: the excavation was carried on with a focus on the northwestern area of the building (rooms I, XI, XII) and on its southwestern (rooms III, XIII) and southeastern (room VII) edges, and the excavation area was expanded eastward, which brought to light several structural evidences, including an apsidal room (room XIV). The removal of the layers of collapse revealed information about walls made of mud-bricks covered with painted plaster, the layout of the first floor and the articulation of the roof of the rooms. Finally, the presence of various closed passages and numerous fragments of semi-worked bones in the abandonment deposits shed light on the last phases of occupancy of the building.

The "Sacra Tharrhica Project" was started by University of Bologna (Coordinators: A.C. Fariselli, E. Giorgi, R. Secci, M. Silani) in cooperation with University of Cagliari (Coordinator: C. Del Vais) in 2017. The aim is to obtain a 3D virtual reconstruction of all temple structures of the Punic settlement of Tharros on the central-west coast of Sardinia, starting from a systematic architectural and archaeological study of the Punic and Roman phases of the buildings. The project has firstly focused on the "Monumental Temple" or "Doric half-columns Temple". This Punic sacred area was probably monumentalized between the late 4th and 3rd centuries B.C. After the Roman conquest, it was rebuilt between 1st century B.C. and 1st century A.D.