A lost Mediterranean culture : the giant statues of Sardinia's Mont'e Prama / edited by Barbara Faedda and Paolo Carta

• HerausgeberIn: Faedda, Barbara; Carta, Paolo 1968-
• Place / Publishing House: New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xiv, 112 pages; illustrations, maps; 27 cm
• Notes: Enthält Literaturangaben

"A Lost Mediterranean Culture explores the dozens of colossal pre-Roman figures discovered in 1974. These statues of archers, boxers, and warriors-as well as building models-were sculpted by a towering Mediterranean civilization that remains little known today. Thousands of shattered limestone pieces came to light in recent years in Mont'e Prama (western Sardinia) and have been reassembled into massive statues that reward close study by archaeologists, historians, conservators, and restorers. Now symbols of Sardinia's rich cultural history, these sculptures draw crowds to the museums in Sardinia. In A Lost Mediterranean Culture, Barbara Faedda and Paolo Carta have assembled an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, who tell the story of these statues and what they tell us about this ancient Sardinian culture. The book is illustrated throughout and complements the online exhibit hosted by the Italian Academy for Advanced Study at Columbia University"--

Table of Contents

Introduction / Barbara Faedda, Columbia University; Paolo Carta, University of Trento -- Rites of initiation, war, and death in Mont'e Prama / Raimondo Zucca, University of Sassari -- Mont'e Prama excavation, research, and restoration / Emerenziana Usai, Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Metropolitan City of Cagliari and Provinces of Oristano and South Sardinia -- Sardinian society in the Mont'e Prama era: a community of heroes and warriors / Guido Clemente, University of Florence; with an introduction by Marco Maiuro, Sapienza University of Rome -- Landscapes of Mont'e Prama / Peter van Dommelen, Brown University; Alfonso Stiglitz, Municipal Archaeological Museum, San Vero Milis -- The restoration and conservation of the giants of Mont'e Prama / Roberto Nardi, Archaeological Conservation Center of Rome -- Appendix The Illicit Trafficking of Sardinian Cultural Objects / Giuditta Giardini, Manhattan District Attorney's Office