Discovered in 2000, the Necropolis of Pill’ ‘e Mata proved to be important both for the integrity of the tombs and for the typological features that distinguish it from those hitherto known in Sardinia. The burials are between the Punic age and the late Roman age (4th century B.C.E. – 4th/Vth century A.D.). During the thousand years of burial activity, the types of burials varied according to the societies that succeeded one another over time. The wide chronological span, the richness of the grave goods and the anthropological study make it unique in Sardinia and the Mediterranean. The necropolis has been the subject of study by forensic anthropologist Don Brothwell, a British luminary who died in 2016 and is world-renowned for his studies, including one on the mummy of Nefertiti.
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