The Mountain Sanctuary of Matzanni in Sardinia: Project Motivations and Preliminary Research Results

The Matzanni Project tracks the role of the large mountain sanctuary of Matzanni-Vallermosa (southwestern Sardinia) in a scalar network from the local to, potentially, the Bronze Age global. Exploitation of metals in the mountainous setting of the sanctuary constitutes a major research focus togethe...

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Main Authors: Matta Valentina, Nørgaard Heide, Stott David, Vandkilde Helle, Holst Mads Kähler
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Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2020-10-01
Series:Open Archaeology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0114
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author Matta Valentina
Nørgaard Heide
Stott David
Vandkilde Helle
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description The Matzanni Project tracks the role of the large mountain sanctuary of Matzanni-Vallermosa (southwestern Sardinia) in a scalar network from the local to, potentially, the Bronze Age global. Exploitation of metals in the mountainous setting of the sanctuary constitutes a major research focus together with understanding how metal extraction and religion may have intersected.
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spelling doaj.art-9a0c0beb0b1b46669231ff0eae70df912022-12-21T19:51:03ZengDe GruyterOpen Archaeology2300-65602020-10-016120621310.1515/opar-2020-0114opar-2020-0114The Mountain Sanctuary of Matzanni in Sardinia: Project Motivations and Preliminary Research ResultsMatta Valentina0Nørgaard Heide1Stott David2Vandkilde Helle3Holst Mads Kähler4Moesgaard Museum, Department of Archaeology, Moesgaard Allé 15, 8270Højbjerg, DenmarkMoesgaard Museum, Department of Archaeology, Moesgaard Allé 15, 8270Højbjerg, DenmarkMoesgaard Museum, Department of Archaeology, Moesgaard Allé 15, 8270Højbjerg, DenmarkAarhus University, School of Culture and Society, Moesgaard Allé 20, 8270Højbjerg, DenmarkMoesgaard Museum, Department of Archaeology, Moesgaard Allé 15, 8270Højbjerg, DenmarkThe Matzanni Project tracks the role of the large mountain sanctuary of Matzanni-Vallermosa (southwestern Sardinia) in a scalar network from the local to, potentially, the Bronze Age global. Exploitation of metals in the mountainous setting of the sanctuary constitutes a major research focus together with understanding how metal extraction and religion may have intersected.https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0114nuragic culturemulti-mode surveybronze and iron age settlementnetworks
spellingShingle Matta Valentina
Nørgaard Heide
Stott David
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Holst Mads Kähler
The Mountain Sanctuary of Matzanni in Sardinia: Project Motivations and Preliminary Research Results
Open Archaeology
nuragic culture
multi-mode survey
bronze and iron age settlement
networks
title The Mountain Sanctuary of Matzanni in Sardinia: Project Motivations and Preliminary Research Results
title_full The Mountain Sanctuary of Matzanni in Sardinia: Project Motivations and Preliminary Research Results
title_fullStr The Mountain Sanctuary of Matzanni in Sardinia: Project Motivations and Preliminary Research Results
title_full_unstemmed The Mountain Sanctuary of Matzanni in Sardinia: Project Motivations and Preliminary Research Results
title_short The Mountain Sanctuary of Matzanni in Sardinia: Project Motivations and Preliminary Research Results
title_sort mountain sanctuary of matzanni in sardinia project motivations and preliminary research results
topic nuragic culture
multi-mode survey
bronze and iron age settlement
networks
url https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0114
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