The Sanna outside the Sanna. Cults and religiosity in Sardinia prehistory.

The Museo archeologico nazionale Sanna, to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Giovanni Antonio Sanna, politician and businessman that contributed with a rich collection of relics and paintings to the creation of the most important museum of the city of Sassari, will be the center of a series of events that will involve different locations of the Polo Museale of Sardinia and important cultural reality of the territory. After the closure to the public for restoration, restructuring and reorganization, the museum will talk about itself from outside its walls, with stories tied to the collections, the most significant relics, and their origin, following a chronological journey from prehistory to the contemporary age.

The topic of the first event at the  Sito prenuragico di Monte d’Accoddi will be the burial rituals and religiosity, focusing on the relationship between context and relics, territory and museum.

Participants to the event:

Maria Letizia Pulcini, director of the Museo archeologico nazionale Antiquarium Turritano of Porto Torres of the Polo Museale of Sardinia, with a lecture titled Rituals and burial practices between medicine and superstition. Reflections on the drilled skull of Su Crucifissu Mannu, and other known cases in Italy.

Domenica Lissa, archaeologist of  Rete Thamus – Sassari città museale, with a lecture titled Relics of Monte d’Accoddi – out of the windows, close to the context.

The lectures will be followed by a guided tour to the monument of Monte D’Accoddi, Sassari.

Information:

Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cittadella dei Musei, piazza Arsenale, 1, Cagliari

Tel. +39 070 655911 – +39  079 272203

e-mail: pm-sar.museoarcheo.sassari@beniculturali.it