Sinis Archaeological Project: Preliminary Results of the First Season of Landscape Survey in West-Central Sardinia

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Sinis Archaeological Project is a new regional survey in west-central Sardinia that explores the landscapes of the Sinis Peninsula and adjacent territories from multi-scalar, diachronic perspectives. The region is a diverse landscape of agricultural plains, coastal areas, and mountainous territory. In antiquity, it was inhabited by both local Nuragic people and foreign colonizers (Phoenicians, Carthaginians, and Romans) who exploited its rich resources, ranging from salt and other marine resources, to metals, to agricultural products. Our aim is to understand the diverse social and environmental factors impacting resource extraction, settlement patterns, and colonial interactions in this varied and dynamic landscape in the 1st millennium BCE through late antiquity, as well as the impacts of modern landscape use on the archaeological record. We focused our first season of work in June 2018 on the territory surrounding the site of S’Urachi, a major indigenous inland site of the 1st millennium BCE located in an agricultural plain. We incorporated traditional Mediterranean pedestrian survey alongside multi-scalar remote sensing techniques, including multispectral satellite and drone reconnaissance. This poster details the results of our first season and discusses the benefits of our multi-scalar methodology for understanding this and other varied ecological landscapes.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 22846