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Author:   Barbara Faedda ,  Paolo Carta
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
ISBN:  

9780231220637

ISBN 10:   0231220634
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   21 October 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction, by Barbara Faedda and Paolo Carta 1. Archaeology of a Prehistoric and Protohistoric Landscape: Northern Sinis in the Scientific Research by the Museum of San Vero Milis, by Alfonso Stiglitz 2. “Little California”: Lord Vernon’s 1851 Tharros Excavation, by Raimondo Zucca 3. Between Land and Sea: The University of Cagliari’s Research in Tharros and Its Territory, by Carla Del Vais 4. The University of Bologna at Tharros and Capo San Marco: Forty Years of Excavations and Archaeological Enhancement Projects, by Anna Chiara Fariselli 5. Etruscan and Greek Archaic Imports to Tharros and the Museography of Tharrensian Archaeology, by Raimondo Zucca 6. The Tophet: Different Fragments of the Same Story? Or Data Wrongly Assembled Ex Post Facto?, by Bruno D’Andrea 7. New Directions in the Urban Archaeology of Tharros: The Cincinnati Excavations, by Steven J. R. Ellis and Eric E. Poehler List of Contributors

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Sweeping and insightful. The latest word on Tharros, a breathtaking archaeological site with an amazing history that illuminates Sardinia's rich culture and international connections in the ancient world. -- Séan Hemingway, John A. and Carole O. Moran Curator in Charge, Greek and Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and author of <i>How to Read Greek Sculpture</i> All students of the various cultures of the ancient Mediterranean—Phoenician, Punic, Roman, and others—should read this book to remind themselves of the richness of evidence from the often forgotten island of Sardinia and especially its fascinating archaeological site of Tharros. -- Marc Van De Mieroop, Miriam Champion Professor of History and director of the Center for the Ancient Mediterranean, Columbia University, and author of <i>The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II</i>

Author Information

Barbara Faedda is the executive director of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University, where she conceived the International Observatory for Cultural Heritage. She is also an adjunct professor in Columbia’s Department of Italian. In 2019, Faedda was appointed ambassador, permanent observer for the European Public Law Organization to the United Nations, and in 2022 she was named a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Paolo Carta is a professor at the University of Trento, where he teaches history of political thought and serves as dean of the School of Law. He has taught and lectured at the École Normale Supérieure, Columbia University, University of Oxford, Paris Sorbonne, and many other universities. He sits on a number of advisory and scientific boards, including the executive committee of the Italian Academy. Faedda and Carta are coeditors of A Lost Mediterranean Culture: The Giant Statues of Sardinia’s Mont’e Prama (Columbia, 2023).

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