The Iglesiente: a mining area in the centre of the ancient Mediterranean world

撒丁岛在古代以其银、铅、铜，也许还有锌和锡的矿藏而闻名。丰富的金属被认为是腓尼基人、普尼基人和罗马人在公元前一千年到古代晚期对这个岛屿感兴趣的主要原因。然而，在这些时期，几乎没有人把撒丁岛作为一个重要的矿区进行勘探，无论是对矿石资源的利用、矿场的安装、冶炼和工作场所、矿石的运输和贸易，还是与之相关的行政和社会历史方面。在一个为期三年的项目中，将系统地探索与矿藏相关的当地基础设施(如道路、定居点、庇护所)的发展，并结合公元前1000年至伊格莱辛特(撒丁岛矿藏最丰富的地区)罗马晚期的历史背景，对Chaéne opératoire的冶炼和工作地点进行系统的探索。证据可从考古、文献和金石学来源获得，并应通过不同的方法与新创建的数据相结合。

Sardinia was famous in Antiquity for its silver, lead, copper, and perhaps zinc and tin deposits. The metal abundance is considered to be the main reason for the Phoenician, Punic, and Roman interest on this island in the first millennium BC until Late Antiquity. Nevertheless, the exploration of Sardinia as an important mining region in these periods has scarcely been done, neither with the use of the ore-resources, the installation of the mines, the smelting and working places, the transport and trade of the ores, nor the therewith connected administrative and socio-historical aspects. In a three-year- project, the development of the local infrastructure (e.g., roads, settlements, sanctuaries) in correlation with the ore deposits, and the smelting and working places of the chaîne opératoire, in combination with the historical background from the 1st millennium BC until the Late Roman period in the Iglesiente (the most rich in ore-region in Sardinia) shall be systematically explored and set into a broader Mediterranean context. Evidence is available by archaeological, literary and epigraphic sources and shall be combined with newly created data by different methods.