Maria Frunza necropolis

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The Maria Frunza necropolis is located on a rocky promontory and consists of five Domus de Janas , the complex of "Ianna Ventosa" and four other graves. Maria Frunza is located on the eastern granite slopes of Monte Ortobe not far from Nuoro in the province of Nuoro in Sardinia . The excavated necropolis dates from the late Neolithic ( Ozieri culture , 3200–2800 BC) and was discovered during the Copper Age ( Monte Claro culture , 2700–2200 BC) and by the people of the bell-cup culture (2200–2200 BC). 1800 BC) re- used .

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The tomb of Ianna Ventosa is the best known as it is one of the rare architectural chimeras. The combination of an artificial cave with a pre-built passage is unique.

The artificial cave excavated by Alba Foschi Nieddu in 1985 is at the end of a megalithic corridor. The south-west oriented corridor consists of two parallel walls with horizontal cap stones. The entrance with a trapezoidal threshold stone leads into a rectangular room with smooth walls. On the floor there is a ritual fireplace and an oval pit. The coaxial cell has two side banks about 0.8 m high. Traces of red plaster and some niches are along the short sides.

The multi-cell grave Maria Frunza I has an irregular floor plan. A small anteroom leads into a 2.7 m wide rectangular room with rounded corners. A decentralized entrance leads to a 3.8 m wide cell with a square 1.55 m large side chamber.

Maria Frunza II has an L-shaped floor plan. The 1.65 m wide and 1.1 m high antechamber leads to the central, irregularly square cell with a width of 1.45 and a height of 1.25 m. A third cell is about 0.30 m higher, is square (1.8 m) and 0.9 m high.

Maria Frunza III was converted into a refuge during the war.

Maria Frunza IV consists of an entrance hall leading to two trapezoidal coaxial cells. The walls have traces of red paint.

Nearby are the Domus de Janas of Birghines

See also

literature

  • Alba Foschi Nieddu: La tomba di Janna Ventosa . In: Settimana dei beni culturali: 10 anni di attività nel territorio della provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro, Ministero per i beni culturali e ambientali . Soprintendenza archeologica per le provincie di Sassari e Nuoro, Ufficio operativo di Nuoro, 1985, p. 35.
  • Alba Foschi Nieddu: Una fase Ozieri dell'età del Rame nella tomba I di Janna Ventosa (Nuoro) . In: MS Balmuth, RH Tykot (Ed.): Sardinian and Aegean Chronology. Towards the Resolution of Relative and Absolute Dating in the Mediterranean . In: Studies in Sardinian archeology , 5, Oxford, Oxbow, 1998, pp. 273-283.
  • Alba Foschi: Un caso di coesistenza fra ipogeismo e megalitismo nella cultura di Ozieri: la tomba I di Janna Ventosa (NU) . In: Atti dell'Incontro di studio Sardegna-Spagna su aspetti del megalitismo preistorico (Lunamatrona, 21-23 September 2001) , Cagliari 2001, pp. 84-87.

Coordinates: 40 ° 20 ′ 5.6 "  N , 9 ° 20 ′ 43.5"  E