Giant tomb of Lassia
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The giant grave of Lassia is near Birori in the foothills of the Marghine in the province of Nuoro in Sardinia . The buildings called “Tumbas de los zigantes” in Sardu and “Tombe dei Giganti” in Italian (plur.) Are the largest prenuraghic cults in Sardinia and are among the latest megalithic structures in Europe . The 321 known giant tombs are monuments of the Bronze Age Bonnanaro culture (2,200–1,500 BC), the forerunner culture of the Nuragher .
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 giant grave of Lassia is an older type of structure (with portal stele).
description
The north-west-south-east oriented giant grave has a rectangular chamber part 15.9 m long and 4.6 m wide with an inner chamber in front of the 5.6 m deep and 15.0 m wide exedra, of which only the left part has been preserved. The front shows orthostats of considerable size. There is an apse at the rear of the chamber . The rectangular chamber has a length of 13.24 m. The cross-section is trapezoidal. The width is between 1.05 and 1.25 m. The unusual height is between 2.05 and 2.30 m. The ceiling panels protrude on the outside. The inner walls protrude . A rarity in the complex are two pairs of side niches ( Italian nicchie ) that face each other near the entrance, slightly raised above the floor. They also have trapezoidal cross-sections (width 0.75 to 0.95 m, height 0.75 to 0.90 m, with a depth of 1.1 m) and consist of five panels. The niches, which can also be found in a nearby complex, were probably intended for the acceptance of grave goods. There have been no reports of finds in the facility described in the literature since the 1960s.
The dolmen of Sarbogadas and the giant tomb Sa Perda 'e S'Altare are nearby.
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 ° 15 '15.4 " N , 8 ° 49' 2.2" E