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early Christian and medieval archaeologists from the University of Cagliari,
in cooperation with architects from the same school, have started a new ar-
chaeological exploration in this area with the added support of the church of
Sant’Eulalia and the Soprintendenza Archeologica for the provinces of Cagliari
and Oristano (Fig. 12.9). Other archaeological projects are currently underway
in other districts of Cagliari, for instance at the church of Saint Saturninus, in
the oldest Christian cemetery, and on the quarter of Stampace, which await
publication.78
These new discoveries open new prospects for the future. Two inscrip-
tions in Arabic letters found in the church of Saint Saturninus, dated to tenth
century,79 indicate that for a period (perhaps a short period) an Islamic group
Archeologiche e Storico-artistiche, Scuole di Specializzazione in Archeologia, Storia dell’Arte,
Studi Sardi (Cagliari, Cittadella dei Musei, 1–5 marzo 2010). Venti anni di ricerche di archeo-
logia postclassica: bilanci e prospettive (Cagliari, in press).
78 Martorelli, “Archeologia urbana a Cagliari.”
79 Donatella Salvi and Piero Fois, “San Saturnino: specchio di una società multiculturale
fra IX e X secolo,” in Settecento-Millecento. Storia, Archeologia e Arte nei “secoli bui” del
Mediterraneo. Dalle fonti scritte, archeologiche ed artistiche alla ricostruzione della vicenda
storica la Sardegna laboratorio di esperienze culturali (Cagliari, Dipartimento di Storia,
Beni culturali e Territorio—Cittadella dei Musei—Aula Roberto Coroneo, 17–19 ottobre
2012), ed. Rossana Martorelli (Cagliari, 2013), pp. 853‐879.
Figure 12.9 Cagliari, the church of S. Lucia, archaeological excavations.
photo: author.