INTERACTION BY DESIGN: RELATION BETWEEN CARTHAGE AND NORTH WESTERN SARDINIA

Abstract

The relation between Carthage and the North Western district of Sardinia began during the first half of the 8th
century BC with an important trade exchange. This approach was binary and not unilinear with, in percentage,
similar quantities in both the areas. This paper will offer a picture of Carthaginian presence in North Sardinia
and the Sardinian one at Carthage starting from the “Bir Massouda level” and reaching the 8th and 7th centuries
BC.
Key words: Carthage, North Western Sardinia, pottery, amphorae, trade.