Friday 12 June 2026 — Field Day (Villanovaforru)
| Time |
Theme |
Speaker |
Title |
| 09:30–09:40 |
Workshop Opening |
Antonello Gregorini, Mark Altaweel & Lucio Pascarelli |
Welcome |
| 09:40–09:50 |
Institutional Greeting |
Maurizio Onnis — Mayor of Villanovaforru |
Institutional welcome |
| 09:50–10:00 |
Institutional Greeting |
Diego Corras — Consultant to the President of the Sardinia Region (Alessandra Todde) |
Institutional welcome |
| 10:00–10:45 |
Nuragic Civilization |
Franco Campus |
Overview of the Nuragic Civilization for the international participants |
| 10:45–11:30 |
Nuragic Civilization |
Giacomo Paglietti |
Radical cultural change in Sardinia between the Bronze and Iron Ages |
| 11:30–11:45 |
Coffee break |
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| 11:45–12:45 |
Museum |
Giacomo Paglietti |
Museum Visit |
| 12:45–14:00 |
Lunch |
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| 14:00–17:30 |
Visit to local sites |
Nicola Dessi |
Archaeological guide of the sites |
| 19:00– |
Drinks & Dinner |
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Evening drinks and group dinner |
Saturday 13 June 2026 — Conference Day 1 (Is Perdas, Gergei)
| Time |
Theme |
Speaker |
Title |
| 09:00–09:30 |
Introduction |
Simone Ollanu & Claudio Ollanu |
Welcome to Is Perdas and Nurtime |
| 09:30–10:30 |
Keynote |
Eric Cline |
Polycrises from the Western Med to the Eastern Med: Climate Change, Migrations, and Other Stressors at the End of the Late Bronze Age |
| 10:30–10:50 |
Coffee break |
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| 10:50–11:35 |
Settlement and Diet |
Emily Holt |
Human-environment dynamics at Sa Conca ‘e sa Cresia: a case study of early Nuragic adaptation |
| 11:35–12:20 |
Settlement and Diet |
Luca Lai |
Toward a Nuragic history more isotopico demonstrata? Climate and social trends from the start of the Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age |
| 12:20–13:05 |
Settlement and Diet |
Andrea Squitieri |
Lithic and Groundstone Technologies across the LBA–Iron Age Transition in the Southern Levant and the Mediterranean |
| 13:05–14:30 |
Lunch |
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| 14:30–15:15 |
Settlement and Architecture |
Anna Depalmas |
Anthropic impact, cultural and social changes in the protohistory of Sardinia |
| 15:15–16:30 |
Mobility and Genetics |
Marco Chilosi |
The contribution of paleogenetics to the reassessment of population movements in the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean |
| 16:30–16:45 |
Conclusion and Discussion |
Hosts and Everyone |
— |
| 16:45–17:00 |
Coffee break |
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| 17:00–18:00 |
Site visit |
Simone Ollanu & Claudio Ollanu |
Visit the Perdas Novas Archeo-Experimentation site |
| 19:00– |
Drinks & Dinner |
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Evening drinks and group dinner |
Sunday 14 June 2026 — Conference Day 2 (Is Perdas, Gergei)
| Time |
Theme |
Speaker |
Title |
| 09:00–09:45 |
Keynote |
Silvano Tagliagambe |
The enigma of time and the NurTime Project as a concrete case study |
| 09:45–10:30 |
Paleoclimate |
Juan Luis Bernal Wormull |
New insights into the climate of the central-western Mediterranean during the last 2000 years based on a multi-speleothem record from Menorca (Spain) |
| 10:30–11:15 |
Paleoclimate |
Andrea Columbu |
Paleoclimate reconstructions in Sardinia within the Mediterranean context: strengths, complexities and perspectives |
| 11:15–11:35 |
Coffee break |
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| 11:35–12:20 |
Settlement and Interaction |
Roberto Masiero |
Phenomenology, space, time, geometry, and settlement systems in the Metal Ages |
| 12:20–13:05 |
Settlement and Interaction |
Mark Altaweel |
Settlement interaction modelling and socio-political resilience |
| 13:05–14:30 |
Lunch |
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| 14:30–15:15 |
Trade and Networks |
Jesse Millek |
Did climate change cause a breakdown in trade networks ca. 1200 BC? |
| 15:15–16:30 |
Round Table |
All speakers and invitees |
— |
| 16:30–16:50 |
Coffee break |
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| 16:50–17:30 |
Conclusion |
Hosts and Everyone |
— |
| 19:00– |
Drinks & Dinner |
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Evening drinks and group dinner |
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