event · evt_iberia1_sant_imbenia_exchange_node
Emergence of Sant’Imbenia as a central Mediterranean exchange node
By the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE, Sant’Imbenia shows technological change and an increasingly connected exchange setting.
What is the evidence?
observation
By the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE, Sant’Imbenia shows technological change and an increasingly connected exchange setting.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
900 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
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- supports · provides archaeological observation
Archaeometric reconstruction of Nuragic ceramics from Sant’Imbenia (Sardinia, Italy). Technological evolution of production process — Beatrice De Rosa, Giuseppe Cultrone, Marco Rendeli (2012)Provides the long technological sequence.
Locator: pp. 313–332, ceramic technology - supports · provides archaeological observation
Sant’Imbenia (Alghero): further archaeometric evidence for an Iron Age market square — M. Clemenza, B. Billeci, M. Carpinelli, M. Ferrante, E. Fiorini, G. Gasperetti, S. Nisi, P. Oliva, V. Sipala, P. R. Trincherini, I. M. Villa, M. Rendeli (2021)Provides the late ninth-century connected-market interpretation.
Locator: article 181, exchange and metal evidence
Interpretation and caveats
The site is useful for comparing western Mediterranean market and workshop interactions; it does not prove a Sardinian colony in Iberia.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement exchange node development
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: cross regional context
People and places
Locations: Sant’Imbenia, Central Mediterranean connection frame
Why it matters to the timeline
The Sardinian node provides materially connected central Mediterranean context for early Iberian first-millennium exchange.
Research notes
- Provides the long technological sequence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: pp. 313–332, ceramic technology.
- Provides the late ninth-century connected-market interpretation. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: article 181, exchange and metal evidence.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Archaeometric reconstruction of Nuragic ceramics from Sant’Imbenia (Sardinia, Italy). Technological evolution of production process — Beatrice De Rosa, Giuseppe Cultrone, Marco Rendeli (2012)Provides the long technological sequence.
Locator: pp. 313–332, ceramic technology - supports · provides archaeological observation
Sant’Imbenia (Alghero): further archaeometric evidence for an Iron Age market square — M. Clemenza, B. Billeci, M. Carpinelli, M. Ferrante, E. Fiorini, G. Gasperetti, S. Nisi, P. Oliva, V. Sipala, P. R. Trincherini, I. M. Villa, M. Rendeli (2021)Provides the late ninth-century connected-market interpretation.
Locator: article 181, exchange and metal evidence
Referenced records
- Central Mediterranean connection frame · entity
- Sant’Imbenia · entity