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| Established | 2002 (2002) |
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| Location | Nuoro,Sardinia,Italy |
| Coordinates | 40°19′18″N9°20′12″E / 40.321556°N 9.336588°E /40.321556; 9.336588 |
| Type | national museum |
| Director | Stefano Giuliani[1] |
| Website | https://musei.sardegna.beniculturali.it/musei/museo-archeologico-nazionale-g-asproni-di-nuoro/ |
TheGiorgio Asproni National Archaeological Museum is anarchaeological museum in the historic centre ofNuoro, inSardinia, near theCathedral of Our Lady of the Snows. Established in 2002,[2][3][4] it is located in a nineteenth-century building that belonged to Giorgio Asproni, aSardinianpolitician andintellectual of that era.[2][5]
The exhibition, recently renovated,[6] includes objects from the territory of theprovince of Nuoro, the earliest dating from thePaleolithic and the latest from theMiddle Ages. The most consistent material is related to theNuragic age. The museum has a strongly educational setting, with reproductions of some monuments (for exampleSa Sedda 'e sos Carros ofOliena[3]), from which the excavated objects come, and is currently on the ground floor of the building, while the upper floors are still being set up.
The first room of the museum exhibits palaeontological findings related to some of the animals that populatedSardinia in thePleistocene. Among these, the remains of animals no longer present inEurope stand out, such as some species of monkeys or hyenas. Most of the findings come from the excavations of Mount Tuttavista inOrosei and from caves in the territory ofOliena.[2]
The oldest materials consist of chipped stones from thePaleolithic.[2][7] There is also a selection of materials, mostly pottery, related to the various phases ofSardinia's prehistory. From theEarly Bronze Age came the skeleton of Sisaia,[3] a woman that was buried individually with a different ritual compared to the usual collective one of her times, and whose skull shows the signs of a trepanation which probably occurred for magical-religious reasons.[5] The woman survived it, as shown by the perfect welding of the bone washer that was removed and later repositioned in its place.
Thenuragic phase is the one to which the archaeological museum of Nuoro dedicates the most space, exhibiting some of the most important findings from the area around it. On a thematic level, the exhibition favours materials from places of worship characterized by the ritual presence of water (well temples and sacred water sources). Among other things, the strong points of the exhibition include a vast collection ofNuragic bronzes, the reconstruction of part of the complex of Sa Sedda 'e Sos Carros inOliena, and some of the decorated ashlars of the Nuraghe Nurdole inOrani.[2]
A small space is dedicated to theHellenistic age, but there are still valuable element s there, such as fragments of decorated pottery fromGreece andApulia.
The Romanization of the territory is represented by a sample of the most widespread forms and productions ofpottery andamphorae of theRoman age,[5] but there are also a few epigraphs and a military diploma, a certificate of discharge of a soldier who had served in the Roman army at the time of emperorTrajan.
A last display case presents some fragments ofmedieval andpost-medieval pottery, coming from the area of the castle ofPosada.[5]
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