[Society for American Archaeology 2020] The Sinis Archaeological Project (SAP) investigates the l... more [Society for American Archaeology 2020] The Sinis Archaeological Project (SAP) investigates the landscapes of the Sinis Peninsula and portions of the Campidano di Milis in West-Central Sardinia, focusing on understanding the areas surrounding such famous archaeological sites as Nuraghe S’Urachi, Tharros, and Monte Prama. The region is known for its rich archaeological landscape, but excavation has been more common than landscape survey. Striving to fill this gap, SAP is dedicated to understanding and documenting occupation and use of these dynamic landscapes from antiquity to the modern era. Since 2018, SAP used multi-scalar survey to investigate the area immediately surrounding the Bronze Age site of S’Urachi (Zone A), a low-lying plain used for agriculture, the first of four planned zones of intensive survey in the wider region. These methods included pedestrian fieldwalking and features recording, complemented by the use of satellite-based Normalized Differential Vegetation Indices (NDVI), drone-based landscape imagery, and photogrammetry. Our survey as provided a wealth of high-resolution data that clarify the diachronic occupation of the landscape around S’Urachi and its use for agrarian purposes. This poster presents the preliminary results of survey in Zone A and plans for expanding SAP in 2020 to Zone B, located in the northwestern coast of the Sinis Peninsula.
[Society for American Archaeology 2020] The Sinis Archaeological Project (SAP) investigates the l... more [Society for American Archaeology 2020] The Sinis Archaeological Project (SAP) investigates the landscapes of the Sinis Peninsula and portions of the Campidano di Milis in West-Central Sardinia, focusing on understanding the areas surrounding such famous archaeological sites as Nuraghe S’Urachi, Tharros, and Monte Prama. The region is known for its rich archaeological landscape, but excavation has been more common than landscape survey. Striving to fill this gap, SAP is dedicated to understanding and documenting occupation and use of these dynamic landscapes from antiquity to the modern era. Since 2018, SAP used multi-scalar survey to investigate the area immediately surrounding the Bronze Age site of S’Urachi (Zone A), a low-lying plain used for agriculture, the first of four planned zones of intensive survey in the wider region. These methods included pedestrian fieldwalking and features recording, complemented by the use of satellite-based Normalized Differential Vegetation Indices (NDVI), drone-based landscape imagery, and photogrammetry. Our survey as provided a wealth of high-resolution data that clarify the diachronic occupation of the landscape around S’Urachi and its use for agrarian purposes. This poster presents the preliminary results of survey in Zone A and plans for expanding SAP in 2020 to Zone B, located in the northwestern coast of the Sinis Peninsula.
Uploads
Conference Presentations
Since 2018, SAP used multi-scalar survey to investigate the area immediately surrounding the Bronze Age site of S’Urachi (Zone A), a low-lying plain used for agriculture, the first of four planned zones of intensive survey in the wider region. These methods included pedestrian fieldwalking and features recording, complemented by the use of satellite-based Normalized Differential Vegetation Indices (NDVI), drone-based landscape imagery, and photogrammetry. Our survey as provided a wealth of high-resolution data that clarify the diachronic occupation of the landscape around S’Urachi and its use for agrarian purposes. This poster presents the preliminary results of survey in Zone A and plans for expanding SAP in 2020 to Zone B, located in the northwestern coast of the Sinis Peninsula.
Since 2018, SAP used multi-scalar survey to investigate the area immediately surrounding the Bronze Age site of S’Urachi (Zone A), a low-lying plain used for agriculture, the first of four planned zones of intensive survey in the wider region. These methods included pedestrian fieldwalking and features recording, complemented by the use of satellite-based Normalized Differential Vegetation Indices (NDVI), drone-based landscape imagery, and photogrammetry. Our survey as provided a wealth of high-resolution data that clarify the diachronic occupation of the landscape around S’Urachi and its use for agrarian purposes. This poster presents the preliminary results of survey in Zone A and plans for expanding SAP in 2020 to Zone B, located in the northwestern coast of the Sinis Peninsula.