A forged Sardinian idols by Gaetano Cara Gaetano Cara (1803 – 1877) was an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

and

naturalist Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is cal ...

primarily interested in

ornithology Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...

. He practiced forgery and selling forged idols to many European museums.La nuova Sardegna
/ref> Gaetano Cara was Director of the natural history museum ''Regio Museo di Storia Naturale di

Cagliari Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...

'' from 1840 to 1858 and then of Museo Archeologico di Cagliari from 1862. In 1842 he provided an avifauna of Sardinia. This was much criticised by

Giuseppe Géné Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. The feminine form of the name is Giuseppa or Giuseppina. People with the given name include: :''Note: ...

and an amended list was provided by

Tommaso Salvadori Count Adelardo Tommaso Salvadori Paleotti (30 September 1835 – 9 October 1923) was an Italian zoologist and ornithologist. Biography Salvadori was born in Porto San Giorgio, son of Count Luigi Salvadori and Ethelyn Welby, who was English. His ...

who made field observations in Sardinia in 1863 as well as consulting the collection of birds of the Natural History Museum of Cagliari. He reported the results in Salvadori, 1864, ''Catalogo degli Uccelli di Sardegna, con note e osservazioni''. Cara responded in 1866 to defend his own studies.

Works

*Cara G. 1863 ''Monumenti d'Antichita di recente trovati in

Tharros Tharros (also spelled Tharras, , , ''Tárrai/Tárras''; ) was an ancient city and former bishopric on the west coast of Sardinia, Italy. It is currently a Latin Catholic titular see and an archaeological site near the village of San Giovanni d ...

e Cornus, Sardinia, Cornus, esistenti nel K. Museo Archeologico. Cagliari''. *Cara, G. 1842. ''Elenco degli uccelli che trovansi nell'isola di Sardegna, od ornitologia sarda''.Torino. (Reycend).Digitised *Cara, G. 1866. ''Osservazioni di Gaetano Cara al catalogo degli uccelli di Sardegna pubblicato dal dott.re Tommaso Salvadori''. Cagliari. Timon. Reprints *Cara, G. 1975. ''Elenco degli uccelli che trovansi nell'isola di Sardegna, od Ornitologia sarda''. Sala Bolognese. Forni. Altra ed.: 1983 ; Ripr. facs. dell'ed. 1842 *Cara, G. 1994. ''Elenco degli uccelli che trovansi nell'isola di Sardegna, od Ornitologia sarda''. Cagliari. GIA. Ripr. facs. dell'ed. 1842

References

*Cara, G. 1994.'' Elenco degli uccelli che trovansi nell'isola di Sardegna, od Ornitologia sarda. Cagliari''. GIA. Ripr. facs. dell'ed. Introduction

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Digitised ''Elenco degli uccelli che trovansi nell'isola di Sardegna, od ornitologia sarda'' Italian naturalists Italian ornithologists 1877 deaths 1803 births {{Italy-biologist-stub