The Early Nuragic Settlement System of the Siddi Plateau, South-Central Sardinia: Results of the Pran'e Siddi Landscape Project 2019 Field Season

During summer 2019, the Pran’e Siddi Landscape Project (PSLP) used intensive site examination and UAV-based photogrammetry to investigate an early Nuragic settlement system on the Siddi Plateau (Siddi, Sud Sardegna). The Siddi Plateau settlement system was previously documented by Giovanni Lilliu in 1941 with the goal of creating a general classification of its sixteen nuraghi and one giants’ tomb. PSLP surveyed the giants’ tomb and eight of the sixteen nuraghi with the goal of evaluating Lilliu’s typology. PSLP found that Lilliu’s typology requires significant revisions that may have implications for the development of the Nuragic culture in the Siddi area. This article presents the methodology and results of the Pran’e Siddi Landscape Project and proposes revisions to Lilliu’s typology.