Li Mizzani
The small giant tomb Li Mizzani is located near Palau in the province of Sassari 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 mostly monuments of the Bronze Age Bonnanaro culture (2,200–1,600 BC), the precursor culture of the nuragic culture .
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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 rectangular facade made of processed and layered stone blocks, instead of monolithic steles . The giant grave Li Mizzani is a complex with a portal stele.
description
The exedra has a comparatively small, only 2.8 m high and 1.55 m wide, weathered, central portal stele with an unusually large doorway. It is beveled inwards and not outwards as in other structures of this type. There is also no raised phallic outline on the stele. Except for seven, the remaining stones of the exedra are missing, especially the higher ones in the middle. The base of the exedra and the lower part of the 7.25 m long burial chamber are rudimentary. Originally it was covered by stone slabs and a hill made of small stones and earth. These were removed in 1918 to build dry stone walls . The excavation has revealed fragments that date back to between the 15th and 11th centuries BC. Have been dated.
See also
literature
- Rainer Pauli: Sardinia. History culture landscape. Voyages of discovery on one of the most beautiful islands in the Mediterranean . 7th edition. DuMont, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-7701-1368-3 , ( DuMont documents. DuMont art travel guide ).
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Coordinates: 41 ° 8 ′ 29.5 ″ N , 9 ° 19 ′ 58.3 ″ E