Giant tomb San Cosimo
The giant grave of San Cosimo (also called “Sa Grutta de Santu Giuanni”) is one of the largest giant graves . It is located south of Guspini , between Gonnosfanadiga and Arbus , a few 100 m from the bridge over the Riu Terra Maistus, in the province of Sud Sardegna 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), which is a precursor to the Nuragic culture .
Type sequence
Structurally, giant tombs appear in two variants. The systems with portal steles and exedra are of the older type. In later systems, the exedra consists of a square facade, significantly raised in the middle, made of processed and layered stone blocks. The gigantic grave of San Cosimo is a newer type (with a square facade).
description
The well-preserved giant grave made of rough, barely hewn granite blocks has a 26.5 m long burial chamber. It consists of a corridor with a trapezoidal cross-section and almost two meters high. The width of 1.6 m (below) decreases to 0.9 m up to the upper plate cover. The trapezoidal cross-section provides an architectural intermediate stage in the development of the chambers with a rectangular cross section, the graves with orthostats facade indicate to the Kragkonstruktionen the younger, built in cuboid construction giant graves (z. B. Madau ) represents and heralds the later construction real tholoi a . The semi-underground corridor still has its flooring made of rubble stones and brook pebbles. The outer area is unusually well preserved, with the contours of the exedra expanding into circles that meet at the end of the chamber area and form a butterfly shape. The exedra is partially bordered by a stone arch on the outside.
Finds
The excavations started in 1981 by Giovanni Ugas produced very interesting finds, which are exhibited in the Museum of Sardara. Among them were large bulbous pots with a wide, horizontally drawn rim, the decoration of which is characteristic of the Middle Bronze Age. It is also found in the Apennines and on Corsica, Lipari and Sicily. Furthermore, blue and green glass river pearls, as they are also found on Lipari and Sicily ( Thapsos ) together with Mycenaean ceramics from the 14th century BC. Found.
The sanctuary of Sa Mitza de Su Nieddinu is located north of the town of Guspini .
See also
literature
- GG Ugas: La tomba megalitica 1 ° di San Cosimo-Gonnosfanadiga (Cagliari): un monumento del bronzo medio (con la più antica attestazione micenea in Sardegna). In: Archeologia sarda. Volume 1, 1981, pp. 7-20.
- Duncan Mackenzie (author), Lycia Mura (translator), Roberto Manca (editor): I dolmen, le tombe di giganti ei nuraghi della Sardegna (= Archèos, volume 3). Condaghes, Cagliari 2012, ISBN 978-88-7356-213-9
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Coordinates: 39 ° 30 ′ 21 ″ N , 8 ° 36 ′ 59 ″ E