A View from the Sea at the island of Sant´Antioco
Constact: Prof. Dr. Constance von Rüden
To connect the western Mediterranean, especially Sardinia, with the flourishing and widespread network of the Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean is a relatively new path of the archaeological research. Decisive were the finds of Nuragic pottery in Lipari (aeolian Islands), Cannatello (southern Sicily), Kommos (southern Crete) and Pyla as well as Hala Sultan Tekke (south-western Cyprus).
An important area of contact between the people on land and those coming from the sea were harbours or anchorages. There are multiple potential locations on the island of Sant’Antioco to find such places, but two of the most promising areas seem to be the bays of Maladroxia and Cala Sapone.
To investigate the environmental changes of the bay in Maladroxia and a potential harbour or anchorage, geomorphological investigations were already initiated in collaboration with Schneider Environmental Reconstruction in 2022.
In collaboration with an underwater team of the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies of the University of Haifa under the direction of Prof. Dr. Assaf Yassur-Landau new underwater investigations of potential harbours, anchorages, or wrecks from the Middle Bronze Age to the beginning of the Iron Age (ca. 1500-800 BC) started in 2023. These are the next steps towards the understanding of the island’s seascapes. The new project Nuragic Ports and Anchorages tries to interlink the high density of Nuragic monuments with its geostrategic position, investigated by the “Making Landscape Project” and natural harbours.
Prof. Dr. Constance von Rüden
Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Am Bergbaumuseum 31, 44791 Bochum
Raum: 0.3.4
Tel.: (0234) 32-28546
Mail: constance.vonrueden@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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Last update: Dec 11, 2024
