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Sardinia in the Mediterranean: a footprint in the sea

edited by R H Tykot and T K Andrews

These 41 essays presented to Miriam S Balmuth represent the work of fifty three scholars from seven countries, bringing together the latest research in early Sardinian history and archaeology under four headings. Contributors include: Paleolithic, Neolithic and Chalcolithic : F Martini (Palaeolithic industries); G K Hofmeijer/P Y Sondaar (Pleistocene humans); R H Tykot, P Phillips, L Hurcombe (Sardinian obsidian); J Cesari, F de Lanfranchi, J Guilaine (megalithic monuments). Nuragic architecture and settlement : M J Becker (cultural uniformity in the Italian Iron Age); R M Bonzani (territorial boundaries and sociopolitical complexity); P Bell (Sardinian sacred wells); A W Grele (the ceramic industry at Duos Nuraghes). Sardinia and the Mediterranean World : C Giardino (metallurgy and maritime traffic); Z A Stos-Gale/N H Gale (copper oxide ingots in Sardinia); D Ridgway/F R Serra Ridgway (Sardinia and history); J M Davison (Greeeks in Sardinia). Interaction and Acculturation: Phoenician, Punic and Roman Settlement in Sardinia : B Peckham (Phoenician foundation of cities and towns); R J Rowland (Carthaginians in the countryside?); S L Dyson (Roman Sardinia and Roman Britain); E L Will (Sardinian amphorae studies). Two-thirds of the contributions are in English, whilst those in Italian include extensive English summaries. 520p with maps figs and illus. (Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology 3, Sheffield Academic Press 1992)

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