Characterization of a Unique Nuragic Bronze with a Combination of X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry and Monte Carlo Simulation.

This paper describes the results obtained from an archaeometric study of a bronze Nuragic small boat model (Sardinia, Italy) dating from the Early Iron Age (presumably 9th-7th centuries BC). The artifact comes from an unknown location in Sardinia and is one of the objects that came to the Museum of Turin in the 19th century. This model is of particular interest as it is a unique Nuragic boat model containing a human figure among its decorations.

The Strange Case of the Nuragic Offerers Bronze Statuettes: A Multi-Analytical Study.

The Nuragic civilization (Sardinia, Italy, XVIII-VIII B.C) developed a flourishing bronze metallurgy with strong connections with other civilizations from the Mediterranean basin. Within the large bronze production, there are some peculiar representations of human figures, known in the archaeological environment of Sardinia as bronzetti, depicting warriors, priests, and offerers.

Nuragic Working Tools Characterization with Corrosion Layer Determinations.

From the availability of metals to the technology and tools needed to transform them, roughly every civilization in the Mediterranean basin has a metalsmith story. Many of the objects produced by them share a few peculiar characteristics, usages, or even shapes. In this scenario, a class of objects that can be clustered by their usage, i.