Leiden, University of Leiden, Faculty of Archaeology, 1998. 296 pp. B./w. figs. Orig. softcover. Large 8vo. (Archaeological studies Leiden University, 2).Published as a dissertation for the purpose of obtaining the degree of Doctor at the University of Leiden. - Text in English with a summary in Dutch. - The basic aim of this study concerns colonialism in the context of the region of west central Sardinia during roughly the first millennium BC. The terms 'colonialism' and 'Sardinia' denote the two main aspects, viz. a theoretical and an archaeological or historical one.