List of Figures Abstract 1. Introduction About this accountSardinian cultures/phases Sea-level changes and the archaeological record A note on interpretation 2. Beginnings: The Palaeo- and Mesolithic Record by Maud Webster A debated Lower and Middle Palaeolithic The Upper Palaeolithic The Mesolithic Discussion 3. The Northern Tyrrhenian at the Dawn of the 6th Millennium BCE: The Archaeology The advent of ceramica impressa Impressa-phase lithics Impressa-phase subsistence Impressa-phase settlement 4. Pioneers of the Ceramica Impressa Sardinia under a Neolithic gaze Corsican Impressa Campu Stefanu-Sollacaro Impressa in Sardinia Filiestru-Mara Su Coloru-Laerru Cala Corsara-Spargi Sardinian, Corsican and Tyrrhenian Impressa: contrasts and commonality 5. The Cardial Phase Introduction The diagnostic pottery Settlement and demicsCaves/rock-shelters Su Carroppu-Sirri Open-air settlements Su Stangioni-Portoscuso The Capo Sant'Elia complex Site distribution and demic infilling Burial deposit Subsistence Domesticates Shell-fish Fox and Pika Mouflon and boar Red deer Crafts Bone and shell instruments and ornaments Flaked stone Artistic expression Corsican relations Interpreting the Cardial modality 6. The Epicardial Phase Introduction The diagnostic pottery Settlement and demicsFiliestru-Mara Sa Punta-Marceddì Rio Saboccu-Guspini Site distribution and demic patterns Mortuary practices Grotta Suddomu-Iglesias Grotta Verde-Alghero Subsistence Crafts Flaked stone Ground-stone tools Bone implements Corsican relations Differentiating the Epicardial modality 7. The Bonu Ighinu Phase Introduction The diagnostic pottery Settlement and demicsCuccuru S'Arriu-Cabras Tombs and mortuary practices Grotta del Rifugio-Oliena Grotta del Bagno Penale-CagliariThe necropolis of Cuccuru S'Arriu-CabrasSubsistence Faunal introductions Crafts Flaked stone Ground-stone tools Bone implements Bone, shell and stone ornaments Imagery The 'volumetric' statuettes Phallic depiction Ovine protomes Images of the human face? Interpreting the Bonu Ighinu modality Discontinuities and persistence The Oristano Gulf and the rest of the island 8.
The San Ciriaco Phase Introduction The diagnostic pottery Settlement and demicsMonte d'Accoddi Subsistence Tombs and mortuary practices HypogeaMegalithic cist tombs Li Muri-Arzachena Macciunitta-Arzachena Su Forru de is Sinzurreddus-Pau The northern Sardinian-southern Corsican commonality Non-funerary cult remains Lithic industries Trade in obsidian and flint Ground-stone tools Ornaments Stone vases Imagery The idols Interpreting the San Ciriaco modality 9. Summation and Impressions The Sardinian colonisation The Epicardial phase The Bonu Ighinu phase The San Ciriaco phase Final impressions Epilogue: Ozieri and the End of the Sardinian Neolithic Bibliography.