Curru Tundu
The Menhir Curru Tundu (also called Monte Curru Tundu) stands north of Villa Sant'Antonio , near the Domus de Janas of Is Forrus in the province of Oristano in Sardinia . The approximately 5.75 m high stone is one of the highest menhirs in Sardinia .
The menhir consists of gray trachyte with reddish veins. The tip is deformed (presumably by a lightning strike). It has an almost conical shape with one flat and one rounded side.
This menhir shape is the oldest, followed by proto-anthropomorphic and anthropomorphic menhirs (or statue menhirs ). Curru Tundu dates from the Neolithic Age (around 3300–2700), the period in which Sardinia was shaped by the Ozieri culture . Next to the menhir is a small stone that could be the fallen part of the menhir. If so, the monument was originally 6.0 meters high.
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 )
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Coordinates: 39 ° 52 '31.06 " N , 8 ° 54' 3.39" E