Botto, Massimo (2017) The Punic settlement of Pani Loriga in the light of recent discoveries. FOLD&R FastiOnLine documents & research (393). pp. 1-19. ISSN 1828-3179
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Abstract
This paper will focus on the Punic settlement of Pani Loriga starting from the review of material from the old excavations and the analysis of the recent work undertaken by ISMA. The re-examination of the published and unpublished documentation concerning the excavations directed by Ferruccio Barreca allows us to confirm that the site was probably founded at the end of the 7th century BC. The transfer of a community of people with an Eastern tradition to a hill near the modern town of Santadi must be seen within a precise program of territorial control initiated by the powerful settlement of Sulky. In this defensive system Pani Loriga occupied a strategic position of primary importance, as the settlement was to act as a link between the coastal hinterland and the internal areas of the country, rich in minerals and agro-pastoral products. This function was maintained through the following Punic phase. The importance of the settlement is shown by Carthage’s strong interest in it, which has been clearly demonstrated by the recent excavations by ISMA which identified and partially revealed vast living areas, that were originally built between the end of the 6th and the early 5th century BC, that is, in the earliest phase of the north African metropolis’ presence on Sardinia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pani Loriga; Sulcis; Sardinia; Punic Settlements; Punic Architecture and Urbanism |
| Subjects: | 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 930 Storia dei mondo antico fino al 499 ca. 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 930 Storia dei mondo antico fino al 499 ca. > 939 Archeologia – Altre Regioni del mondo antico |
| Depositing User: | Dott.ssa Helga Di Giuseppe |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2017 12:05 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2017 12:05 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/16646 |
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