The life of the dead. The funerary archaeology in Roman Sardinia: tracing cultural interactions in a provincial context

Abstract

The study of the relationships between funerary practices and historical changes in Sardinia between the late Republican age and the early imperial age poses complex problems, due to the interaction of the different cultural traditions of the island, especially the Norh African one of Punic influence and the Roman-Italic one. The purpose of this contribution is to analyze how this cultural syncretism is reflected in Sardinian funerary archeology

Keywords

• Roman Sardinia
• funerary archaeology
• Romanisation
• hypogeum of Atilia Pomptilla
• Parentalia