The academic and scientific community supports the initiative
SASSARI
(by Gian Mario Sias) (ANSA) – SASSARI, JAN 12 – “Inserting the nuraghi into the Unesco Heritage would boost research in the archaeological field, which still presents dark areas and gaps to be filled.” The support of the Sardinian scientific community for the initiative of the association “Sardegna verso l’Unesco” is summarized in the words of archaeologist Anna Depalmas, a professor at the University of Sassari and a member of the scientific committee of the association, and Riccardo Cicilloni, a researcher at the University of Cagliari, also part of the committee, who reiterates: “this is a valuable opportunity to support studies and teaching.” The two experts spoke at the press conference called by the rectors of the universities of Cagliari and Sassari, Maria Del Zompo and Gavino Mariotti, to explain why the university hub of Sardinia supports a project that is considered strategic in cultural and scientific terms. “Among natural cavities, hypogea, menhirs, and nuraghi, the numbers indicate the wealth that Sardinia possesses – emphasizes Del Zompo – The enhancement and safeguarding of heritage are based on scientific knowledge, from which the awareness of a good that produces economic benefits for the island derives. And the Unesco imprimatur – insists the rector – a scientific structure to which we provide equally scientific elements, would give new life to research.” “But we need money – she warns – to continue excavations and make findings accessible, with pathways that transform the Island into an open-air museum, and the initiative will allow us to give substance to this process.” The new rector of Sassari recalls that “the university safeguards identity assets, protects them, and enhances them in every field because it intends to be close to the territories and contribute to the growth and development of the island.” For this reason, concludes Mariotti, “the project needs the support of the scientific community.” Among the benefits of Unesco’s umbrella over Sardinia’s protohistoric heritage is “a census of the nuraghi, never previously realized,” specifies Professor Depalmas, according to whom “this could systematize the data collected over the decades by the two universities through a plethora of investigations. And to do this, a centralized management and resources will be needed.” Michele Cossa, president of the association, recalls that “there is already the consensus of the Regional Council and 340 municipal councils,” but considers “the support of the scientific community fundamental to bring such an extraordinary heritage to the attention of the whole world.” (ANSA).