L'insediamento fenicio di Nora e le comunità nuragiche: contatti e distanze

Il contributo prende in esame e discute i risultati delle indagini archeologiche condotte a Nora in Sardegna dall'autore e aventi come oggetto le prime fasi dell'occupazione del sito fa parte di mercanti fenici. Viene rilevata la presenza rada ma significativa di strutture insediative in materiale deperibile come indizio particolare della natura e della funzione dell'abitato tra VIII e VI sec. a.C. Viene presentato un edificio recentemente messo in luce che rimanda per la sua planimetria ad edifici di alto valore simbolico e funzionale diffusi nell'orizzonte mediterraneo orientale tra Grecia ed Oriente.The paper presents the discussion of the results of excavations carried out by the University of Padua at Nora (south Sardinia) from 1997 to 2011 to discuss the possible relationships between the Phoenician emporium and Nuragic communities in the hinterland during the archaic period (8th-6th B.C.). The archaeological evidence shows a settlement between the south-eastern slopes of the so-called Tanit hill and the sea. It consisted mainly of huts made of perishable material and was dominated by one notable building, which is probably had an apsidal plan. In this paper, pottery dating to the archaic period is analysed, focusing in particular on handmade and hybrid pottery as a possible indicator of interaction between Phoenician and indigenous craftsmanship and communities. The statistics show a very low overall percentage of these pottery types between the eighth and the seventh century, especially when compared to other Phoenician sites. The combination of the relatively isolated coastal position of the settlement and the statistical ceramic evidence points to Nora as a growing Phoenician community which was connected with the Nuragic commercial network but which was also shows a certain degree of “independence”.