A Lost Mediterranean Culture : : The Giant Statues of Sardinia's Mont'e Prama /

A Lost Mediterranean Culture : : The Giant Statues of Sardinia's Mont'e Prama / / ed. by Paolo Carta, Barbara Faedda.

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Thousands of shattered limestone pieces came to light in 1974 at the Mont’e Prama site in western Sardinia. They have been reassembled into dozens of striking, colossal statues that reward close study by archaeologists, historians, conservators, and restorers. The giant statues and the individual to...

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MitwirkendeR:
Carta, Paolo,
Clemente, Guido,
Dommelen, Peter Van,
Faedda, Barbara,
Giardini, Giuditta,
Nardi, Roberto,
Stiglitz, Alfonso,
Usai, Emerenziana,
Zucca, Raimondo,
HerausgeberIn:
Carta, Paolo,
Faedda, Barbara,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Columbiana
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 32 color illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE Rites of Initiation, War, and Death in Mont’e Prama
  • CHAPTER TWO Mont’e Prama Excavation, Research, and Restoration
  • CHAPTER THREE Sardinian Society in the Mont’e Prama Era
  • CHAPTER FOUR Landscapes of Mont’e Prama
  • CHAPTER FIVE The Restoration and Conservation of the Giants of Mont’e Prama
  • APPENDIX The Illicit Trafficking of Sardinian Cultural Objects
  • Contributors

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