Aiòdda
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The giant grave of Aiòdda is located near Nurallao , in the province of Sardegna Sud on the western part of the limestone plateau "Altopiano Pranu Ciaexìus", in Sardinia . The buildings called “Tumbas de los zigantes” and ( Italian Tombe dei Giganti - plur.) In Sardu are the largest prenuraghic cult structures in Sardinia and are among the latest megalithic structures in Europe . The 321 known giant tombs are monuments of the Bronze Age Bonnanaro culture (2,200-1,600 BC), the precursor culture of the Nuragic culture .
Type sequence
Structurally, giant tombs appear in two variants. The systems with portal steles and exedra belong to the older northern Sardinian type. In later systems, the exedra consists of a rectangular façade made of processed and layered stone blocks ( Italian tipo dolmenico dolmen type) instead of monolithic steles . The giant grave of Aiòdda is a complex of the older type (with largely destroyed exedra).
description
Located at a height of 400 m, the giant tomb is a classic tomb of the giant that (seen from above) stylizes a bull. In the middle of the exedra is the entrance to the chamber. The approximately 10.0 m long chamber, which widens behind the entrance and is partially sunk into the ground, still consists of three to five rows of overhanging wall remains that were originally covered by a mound of earth.
Located in the south of the country, the excavated Aiòdda marks the southern border for the spread of the Sardinian statue menhirs , but also has some special features. The exedra made of limestone slabs has the sparse remains of the large portal stele in the center , broken off at the base, perforated by a rectangular door opening and modulated by large lateral recesses. The partially recessed long chamber has an upwardly inclined inward cross section, which is bounded on the outside by the hill.
Inside, the remains of about 20 broken steles were found that were used as building material. They are to be connected with the previous cultures Abealzu-Filigosa or Monte-Claro . Aiodda marks the southern limit of the extent of the statue menhirs sarcidanesi. Some of the menhirs remained part of the megalithic complex , others can be seen in the Laconi Museum . Metallic finds made of copper or bronze point to the presence of people of the bell-cup culture from the early Bronze Age .
See also
literature
- Rainer Pauli: Sardinia. History culture landscape. Voyages of discovery on one of the most beautiful islands in the Mediterranean . 7th edition. DuMont, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-7701-1368-3 , ( DuMont documents. DuMont art travel guide ), p. 316.
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Coordinates: 39 ° 46 ′ 18 ″ N , 9 ° 4 ′ 41 ″ E