Antiquarium Comunale

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The entire exhibition itinerary of the museum structure, spread over two floors, is conceived with predominantly educational purposes and thanks to a rich iconographic set (explanatory panels, floor plans and photographic reproductions) allows the visitor an easy and immediate approach. The object on display becomes a pretext for a narrative that unfolds over the millennia touching on the various aspects of productive activities and the cultic and spiritual sphere: the stone tools (whetstones, axes, blades, millstones, pestles, donkey millstones) and bronze tools (axes and chisels) document the origin and development of agricultural work; boiling vessels and curd strainers attest to the processing of milk; intact and fragmentary vessels exemplify the development of ceramic production over the centuries; fragmentary ingots, casting shapes and the finished product in its many forms show in all its complexity the creative vivacity of the metallurgist craftsman; spindle spindles and loom weights recall the strictly feminine activities of spinning and weaving; a splendid example of pintadera testifies to the preparation of decorated breads, while necklaces in glass paste, collars, pins and bracelets in bronze immediately reveal the taste and care for personal ornaments; finally, the votive offerings found in the sacred buildings of Janna 'e Pruna and Su Notante constitute interesting manifestations of the devotional sphere, just as, on the other hand, a truncated cone betyl in basalt and a monumental "dentelli" ashlar in granite, recovered from giants' tombs, significantly refer to the funerary sphere.