Course Units

Courses

Courses are delivered each year with different content. They can therefore also be attended three times during the three-year period. For each annual activity lasting 5 hours, 1 CFR is awarded.

Seminars 

(1 CFR for 5 hours of activity)

Donald Sassoon (Queen Mary University of London), The war in Ukraine. distant causes and possible future scenarios, 12 April 2022, organised by Fiamma Lussana

Valentine Roux (Prétech UMR 7055 CNRS / Université Paris Nanterre), Invention du façonnage au tour et conditions à sa diffusion, 22 April 2022, organised by Maria Grazia Melis

Ana Maria Niveau de Villedary (University of Cadiz), From Sidon to Oumm el Amed: the 1st Millennium BC in Southern Phoenicia, 23 March 2022, organised by Michele Guirguis

Fabio Pinna (University of Cagliari), From Public Archaeology to ‘Citizen Archaeology’: paths and challenges for citizens' participation in archaeological research, 20 November 2023, organised by Marco Milanese

Iulian Moga (University of Iasi), When Prayer is a Curse: Funerary Imprecations and Prayers for Justice in Anatolia, 14 May 2024, organised by Antonio Ibba

Milena Primavera (University of Salento), Food culture and cultures in food: the information potential of archaeobotanical analysis, 5 November 2024, organised by Maria Grazia Melis

Margherita Mussi (Sapienza University of Rome), Melka Kunture: Prehistory rewritten. Investigations in the Ethiopian Palaeolithic site from 2024 UNESCO World Heritage Site, 8 November 2024, organised by Maria Grazia Melis

Alessandro Usai (ABAP Superintendency for the metropolitan city of Cagliari and the provinces of Oristano and South Sardinia), Presentation of the book Usini. Reconstructing the Past. Twenty years of archaeological research, 17 January 2025, organised by Maria Grazia Melis

Archaeological excavations

(1 CFR for 25 hours of activity)

PhD students have the opportunity to complete their training and be involved in the research of the course lecturers in laboratory and archaeological excavation activities. At the laboratories they have access to space and equipment for their thesis research.

Laboratory of Archaeology, via Zanfarino 62, ground floor

Laboratory of Bioarchaeology, via Zanfarino 62, 4th floor

LaPArS (Laboratory of Prehistory and Experimental Archaeology), directed by Maria Grazia Melis, via Zanfarino 62, ground floor

Laboratory of Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology, directed by Marco Milanese, viale Umberto 52

Laboratory of Phoenician Material Culture, directed by Michele Guirguis (Sabatino Moscati Archaeological Section, viale Umberto 52)

Archaeological excavations at Campu Sciamaìn - Calasetta, prehistoric settlement; Poggio Valdiloria - Grosseto (directed by Maria Grazia Melis).

Archaeological excavations at Cuccureddus - Villasimius; Cronicario - Sant'Antioco; Kerkouane - Tunisia (directed by Michele Guirguis).

Archaeological excavations at Geridu - Sorso, abandoned medieval village; Mesumundu - Siligo; Uchi Maius - Tunisia (directed by Marco Milanese).

Archaeological excavations at Ibida - Romania, a Roman city (directed by Alessandro Teatini).