Technological insights on the Early-Middle Bronze Age pottery of Monte Meana cave (Sardinia, Italy).

ABSTRACT: An important Bronze Age settlement was discovered during an archaeological excavation in the Monte Meana karst cave in south-western Sardinia (Italy) between 2007 and 2012. In this region, the caves were used since the Neolithic for different purposes, such as burials or other rituals. The dig highlighted a rare example of domestic use of a cave and showed a case study of household space of the Early -Middle Bronze Age, at the beginning of the Nuragic civilization. This provided the opportunity to investigate through a multidisciplinary approach, the empirical knowledge of ancient potters and technological characters of local pottery production especially in relation to domestic use, in a context at that time devoid of external cultural interferences. For this purpose, a selection of 24 po

SUBMITTER: Paglietti G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8971581 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature