Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

6/1/1975 - 6/30/1976

Funding Totals

$19,624.00 (approved)
$19,624.00 (awarded)


Excavation of an Ancient Bronze Foundry in Sardinia

FAIN: RO-12253-75

Tufts University (Somerville, MA 02144-2401)
Miriam S. Balmuth (Project Director: June 1975 to present)

To excavate an ancient Sardinian bronze foundry at Ortu Comidu in Sardara. Sardinia may have been a proving ground for theories of the introduction of metallurgy and for theories of diffusion, innovation and adaptation.