Il “colle di Tanit”. Per una lettura delle evidenze strutturali della Nora fenicia e punica.

Abstract

This paper aims to be an extract of a master’s thesis, born as consequence of several years of excavation in the sector T of Nora. The excavation is located on the northern part of the central hill of Nora’s headland, known as “Hill of Tanit”, name developed from the one of the central structure preserved on the top, the “AltoLuogo of Tanit”. Since 2003 until 2011, some dig campaigns are occurred to investigate the real function of the central building. After the identification of some precincts, the dig, concentrated to the north of the central building, has unearthed a series of room and open spaces connected with it. At the beginning, I have analysed the structures and, later, the pottery found on the floors, to give an interpretation of the real function of the rooms connected with the “Altoluogo of Tanit”.