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Tyrrhenian Traders March/April 2021 A small site on the rocky island of Tavolara off the coast of Sardinia may reveal a robust trading relationship between two Iron Age cultures. In the ninth century B.C., the Nuragic people of the main island of Sardinia exchanged ceramic and metal artifacts with the Villanovans, early Etruscans who inhabited central Italy. Although brooches and other Villanovan metal objects have been unearthed occasionally on Sardinia, evidence of exchange between the cultures has come primarily from Nuragic artifacts found in the tombs of high-status Villanovans in northern Etruria. As a result, scholars think that the Nuragic people and Villanovans mostly interacted on the mainland. ....
Whilst the exact number of nuraghi on Sardinia is unknown, it is certain that they are in the thousands. One source, for instance, states that there are at least 7,000 of these stone towers on the island, whereas another claims that there are at least 8,000. This large number of monumental stone towers is an indication that the people of the Nuragic culture were master architects and builders. The nuraghi, however, are not the only type of building that was being built by the Nuragic culture. 1857 diagram of the Well of Santa Cristina in Sardinia.(Aga Khan / CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Sacred Wells of the Nuragic Culture ....