Indagini archeologiche dell'Università degli Studi di Cagliari a Nora (CA) Progetto Isthmos -Campagne di scavo 2015-2016

Carboni Romina;Cruccas Emiliano

2017-01-01

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the investigations conducted by the University of Cagliari in the former military area of the site of Nora during the last excavation campaigns (2015-2016). There are six excavation areas: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Omicron and Omega. The operations provided evidence of the presence of walls belonging to a large building, with three quadrangular rooms, that appears to extend to the east of the segment of the E-F road, identified in the previous excavation season. This ar-ticle provides a preliminary report too on the terracotta votive figures from the zone of the former military area of Nora. They are figurines of various types, most of which are fragmentary, mold-made, depicting male and female characters. Most of the terra-cotta votives come from a trench cut into the ground, and they are perhaps linked to a sacred area not yet localized. The paper focuses on a monumental fountain too, excavated in the NE corner of the former military area.