Giant tomb of Goronna

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Type series of Sardinian-Corsican monuments

The giant grave of Goronna is near Paulilatino , in the province of Oristano in Sardinia . The buildings called “Tumbas de sos zigantes” in Sardu and “Tombe dei Giganti” in Italian (plur.) Are the largest pre- Nuragic 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 (approx. 2,200-1,600 BC), the precursor culture of the nurage 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, significantly raised in the middle, made of processed and layered ( Italian tipo dolmenico - dolmen type) stone blocks instead of monolithic steles . The giant grave of Goronna is an older type of structure (with a portal stele).

Model with portal stela exedra

description

The giant grave of Goronna lies on a basalt plateau and was examined as early as 1892. The complex, in which the remains of around 200 people were found, is very long at over 24.5 m. The exedra , which consists of large blocks, is approximately 10.0 m wide. The portal stele broken off at the top was 3.5 m high. The arched structures of the approximately 18.0 m long rectangular chamber are reminiscent - here particularly clearly - of the shape of ox skin bars and are still largely intact, while only two of the horizontal cover of the chamber (once around 12-13 panels) have been preserved.

A second, smaller and more archaic complex in poor condition is nearby.

See also

literature

  • Giovanni Lilliu: Betili e betilini nelle tombe di giganti della Sardegna. Accademia nazionale dei Lincei, Rome 1995, ISBN 88-218-0499-2 , ( Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Storiche e Filologiche: Memorie Ser. 9, Vol. 6, Fasc. 4).
  • Vincenzo Santoni: Il segno del potere ("The signs of power"). In: Dino Sanna (Ed.): Nur. La misteriosa civiltà dei Sardi. Cariplo - Cassa di risparmio delle provincie lombarde, Milan 1980, pp. 141-180.

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Coordinates: 40 ° 5 ′ 4 ″  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 18 ″  E