Free; required registration is through Eventbrite, here: https://italianacademy.columbia.edu/events/new-reports-sardinias-unesco-site-nuragic-culture-barumini

Roundtable 4PM (with an opening reception for the photo exhibition at 7 PM)

The best-known example of a nuraghe—the unique type of Bronze Age defensive complex—is found at Barumini in Sardinia. UNESCO inscribed this archaeological site, “Su Nuraxi,” on its list of World Heritage Sites in 1997, in recognition of its “outstanding universal value.” Expert researchers will gather for a roundtable talk about the long history and the recent discoveries at Barumini. The roundtable will conclude with the opening of a linked photographic exhibition in our gallery.

Opening remarks:
Barbara Faedda, Italian Academy, Columbia University, and Paolo Carta, University of Trento (Organizers)
Fabrizio Di Michele, Consul General of Italy in New York

Speakers:

Anna Depalmas, University of Sassari
Nuraghi: The towers, the dwellings and the stone world of prehistoric Sardinia

Giovanna Fundoni, University of Sassari
Sardinia and the Iberian Peninsula: Connections and relations during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age

Emily Holt, Cardiff University
Adapting to the plateau: Human-environment dynamics at the early Nuragic site of Sa Conca ‘e sa Cresia

Luca Lai, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Tying it all together: (Some) perspectives on Nuragic life and their relevance today

Caterina Lilliu, Barumini Foundation
The Su Nuraxi Complex from discovery to recognition by UNESCO

Moderator:
Steven Ellis, University of Cincinnati

Co-sponsors:

The Autonomous Region of Sardinia with the collaboration of the Mont’e Prama Foundation and the Barumini Foundation

These initiatives are part of the Italian Academy’s Sardinia Cultural Heritage Project which includes a book from Columbia University Press, digital exhibitions and gallery exhibitions, and other conferences. In a related initiative, the Academy facilitated the loan of a 3000-year-old statue from Mont’e Prama to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This project is under the umbrella of the Academy’s International Observatory for Cultural Heritage.