300 Milanese
of a pilgrimage badge from Rome;88 others have been identified in Cagliari:
Santa Chiara,89 Sant’Antonio di Gallura,90 and Galtellì.91 Furthermore, during
extensive excavations at the medieval cemetery of Posada, metallic items of
dress and personal ornament were discovered in numerous graves from the
fourteenth century on, although no anthropological information was gath-
ered either at the site or in the laboratory.92 At Sassari, controlled excavations
of cemeteries were conducted inside the duomo of San Nicola (infra Rovina)
from 1984 to 1996, and in the piazza in front of it from 2002 to 2006.93 During
the latter excavations, anthropological aspects of the inhumed were examined
at the site. Such an approach had been taken since the 1990s in the excavation
of the cemeteries of the Alghero (infra Milanese)94 and Castelsardo,95 as well
as in the medieval village of Geridu,96 where a graveyard paired with the settle-
ment was researched (Figs 11.12–11.13).
8 Underwater Archaeology and Medieval Wrecks in Sardinia
The rich underwater archaeological heritage of Sardinia is mostly renowned
for its classical finds (about 150 wrecks and markers),97 while reports of me-
dieval and post-medieval relics are still sporadic. An exceptional rediscovery
is part of the ancient harbor of Olbia. The remains of ten late antique cargo
88 Coroneo (2006).
89 Donatella Salvi, “Le sepolture e i corredi,” in Santa Chiara. Restauri e scoperte (Cagliari,
1993), pp. 113–117.
90 Antonio Sanciu, “Sant’Antonio di Gallura (Sassari). Chiesa di Sant’Andrea, Scavo di sepol-
ture medievali,” Bollettino di Archeologia (1997), pp. 46–48.
91 Rubens D’Oriano, “Nuoro. Galtellì. Necropoli medievale presso la cattedrale di S. Pietro,”
in L’archeologia romana e altomedievale nell’oristanese: atti del convegno di Cuglieri (22– 23
giugno 1984) (Taranto, 1986), pp. 59–60.
92 Antonio Sanciu, “Le sepolture e le tombe, in Posada. Loc. Parte Sole, Necropoli Medievale,”
in L’archeologia tardoromana ed altomedievale in Sardegna. Atti del Convegno di archeolo-
gia romana ed altomedievale nell’oristanese ( Cuglieri 22–23 giugno 1984) (Taranto, 1986).
93 Daniela Rovina and Mauro Fiori, eds, Sassari. Archeologia urbana (Ghezzano (Pisa), 2013).
94 Marco Milanese, “Alghero. Le trasformazioni di uno spazio urbano tra XIV e XX secolo. Il
progetto di ricerca e le campagne di scavo 1997/1998: relazione preliminare,” Archeologia
Postmedievale 3 (1999), pp. 33–88; Marco Milanese, Alghero: archeologia di una città medi-
evale (Sassari, 2013).
95 Milanese, “Ceramiche d’importazione.”
96 Milanese, “Il villaggio medievale di Geridu”; Marco Milanese, Studi e ricerche sul villaggio
medievale di Geridu: miscellanea 1996–2001 (Florence, 2004).
97 Zucca (2005); Spanu and Zucca (2005).