Tutelare la Sardegna. Limiti e prospettive dell'applicazione della disciplina UNESCO in ambito archeologico

This paper aims to re-read some archaeological reality in Sardinia. It tries to develop a critical discussion on the local solutions adopted for the protection, enhancement, use of sites and the UNESCO discipline, which states a hierarchy about cultural assets - based on the worth - and provides a stronger protection for those included in the World Heritage List. For this reason, it is proposed to investigate if the inclusion in the UNESCO List is really reflected in the Italian protection system. Significant overlaps appear in relation to the skills and strategies to be adopted for the valorization of archaeological heritage. This work arises from a legal analysis, from a correlation between some archaeological sites and from the analogy between “material” cultural heritage and “identifying" cultural heritage. The results are useful to recognize possible corrections of the protection system and, moreover, towards an updated definition of the object that needs to be protected.