Morienti cuncta supersunt. Archeologia funeraria e modelli di interazione culturale nella Sardegna meridionale tra età punica ed età romana: il caso della necropoli di Mitza de Siddi di Ortacesus (SU)

This research project aims to highlight some key aspects of funerary archaeology during the transitional phase from the Punic to the Roman period in southern Sardinia. Specifically, since this topic has been largely neglected in previous scholarship and lacks a standardized framework that would allow for comparison between different case studies, the project seeks to establish a methodology grounded in a preliminary review of the state of the art. This method will then be applied to the Sardinian case study, with reference to the most significant historical developments of the period in question. As the central focus of the research, particular attention is devoted to the necropolis of Mitza de Siddi in Ortacesus, a site that has been largely excavated and shows a remarkable continuity of use from the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd–4th century CE. The study will include a detailed analysis of the documented archaeological materials, complemented by a preliminary investigation of the inhumed remains, some of which are currently the subject of genetic (aDNA) analyses. The integration of these research lines will help to emphasize the most relevant aspects of the necropolis’s various phases of use, the typology of tombs, and the materials employed in each phase.