Giant tomb Sa Perda 'e S'Altare

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The giant grave Sa Perda 'e S'Altare ( German  altar stone ) is a giant grave of the older type, in the area of ​​the municipality Birori in the province of Nuoro in Sardinia, rich in archaeological monuments . 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), which is a precursor to the Nuragic culture .

Type series of Sardinian-Corsican monuments
Model with portal stela exedra

The outstanding element of the first-generation systems is the phallic portal stele , up to four meters high and sometimes as wide, the upper part of which is broken off here, in the center of Exedra .

description

The first report comes from the scholar Alberto Della Marmora from the year 1833. The plant has a length of 15.5 m. The 18.5 m wide exedra is bounded by rows of large, partially damaged panels (nine have been preserved in the right wing and six in the left). In the center is the lower part of the original stele. It is 1.7 m high and 2.5 m wide. The exactly trapezoidal access to the chamber is located at the base of the stele.

Nearby

The remainder of the giant tomb Nuscadore is about twenty meters away. The remainder of a 4.3 m long and 3.2 m wide chamber, some slabs on the floor and the smashed stele showing traces of the access can be seen. At the place are the giant tombs of Lassia and Palatu and the dolmen of Sarbogadas .

The "Sa Perda 'e S'Altare" dolmen is located near Macomer . The giant grave "S'Altare de Logula" is near Sarule .

See also

literature

  • Rainer Pauli: Sardinia. History culture landscape. Voyages of discovery on one of the most beautiful islands in the Mediterranean . DuMont, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-7701-1368-3 , ( DuMont documents. DuMont art travel guide )
  • Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .

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Coordinates: 40 ° 14 ′ 14.7 ″  N , 8 ° 51 ′ 30.5 ″  E