Iscrallotze's giant grave
The giant grave of Iscrallotze is located near Aidomaggiore between Borore and Sedilo in the province of Oristano in Sardinia . The one in Sardu "Tumbas de sos zigantes"; Italian (plur.) “Tombe dei Giganti” buildings are the largest pre- Nuragic cult complexes in Sardinia and are among the latest megalithic complexes in Europe . The 321 known giant tombs are monuments of the Bronze Age Bonnanaro culture (approx. 2200–1600 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 square facade, significantly raised in the middle, made of processed and layered stone blocks ( Italian tipo dolmenico dolmen type) instead of monolithic steles . The giant grave of Iscrallotze is an older type of facility (with a portal stele).
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description
The southeast-facing complex is located on the edge of a plateau and reaches a length (from the apse to the exedra) of about 26.5 m; a considerable size for a giant grave. The central stele, which was usually placed in the middle of the exedra (but here divided into six fragments and relocated), consisted of two plates lying one above the other and was about 4.0 m high and 2.0 m wide. In the fragments of the upper half are three recesses for the reception of small Baityloi (betili), one of which was found. The remaining parts of the exedra consist of six plates in the right wing and twelve in the left wing.
The approximately 7.3 m long chamber had a cantilever vault ceiling . In the last part it is covered by two intact plates. A third plate lies on the left and is divided into three parts. At the entrance to the chamber there is a small niche on the right wall that was cut out of a plate. The wall structure consists of four layers, the spaces between which are filled.
Inside, a fragment of a bronze votive sword and parts of a blue glass chain were found.
According to local traditions, the complex was almost intact until the 1970s; As a result, the roof and the stele suffered numerous damage, as they were probably used for the construction of Provincial Road 66.
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).
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Coordinates: 40 ° 10 '43.9 " N , 8 ° 52' 17.4" E