LA SALA DEL TERRITORIO
THE ROOM OF THE TERRITORY
(II century B.C. – IV century A.D.)

Villasimius territory has given to the museum a wide range of staff that witnesses the trade and the human activities of the area in the last centuries despite the few scientific excavations made, if compared to the archaeological heritage owned. In the territory surrounding Capo Carbonara, a strategic area for the open-sea navigation, but also for land activities, there are signs and finds of settlements that date from the Neolithic (about 6000-2700 B.C.) through the age of the Nuraghi, also proved by the several, but not completely inquired, “Giants Tombs” (Tombe dei Giganti), till the Phoenician, Punic and Roman ages (great importance is given to St Mary’s thermae and to the country house next to them).

The caskets inside the room show finds coming, for the largest part, from settlements of the Roman age (238 B.C.-456/66 A.D.). Among the many objects, it is worth to mention the precious statue of a female figure dating back the I century A.D. coming from St Mary’s area, while some funeral outfits come from the areas of “Accu is Traias” and “Cruccuris”.
As usually, the objects displayed go with some explanatory panels that help the visitors to understand their use and the value they had for the people who made them; they are also important to run through the historical steps of the settlements where they have been found.