“Teste di mazza”: The Nuragic mace-heads (Sardinia, Italy). Technological and experimental analysis
We present the results of a study on the experimental reproduction of a specific type of macro-lithic tool, traditionally called “teste di mazza”, distinctive to the Nuragic phase in Sardinia (17th-9th century BC). We analyzed a sample collected in the area of northern Sinis–in the western-central part of the island–in order to reconstruct the sequence of the technological actions required to produce these tools.