Pradu Su Chiai
The giant tomb Pradu su Chiai (also called Marruscu, Sa Conca Onne or Campu Pira Onni) is located in Santa Barbara near Villagrande Strisaili on the east bank of Lake Flumendosa, on the border between the province of Nuoro and Barbagia in Sardinia . The buildings called “Tumbas de los zigantes” and ( Italian Tombe dei Giganti - plur.) In Sardu are the largest prenuraghic 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 (2,200–1,600 BC), which is a precursor to the Nuragic culture .
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 tomb Pradu su Chiai is a newer type (with a square facade).
description
The grave is known for its preserved granite tooth frieze ( Italian fregio a dentelli ) . The tomb (10.0 m long, 4.5 m wide) is made up of rows of regular blocks. The apse is semicircular. The chamber has a rectangular floor plan (length 7.0 m, width 0.7 to 0.9 m). The floor is paved. The chamber walls are reinforced on the outside by a large row of stones that runs along the entire chamber body and on the back of the exedra. A single plate (length 2.0 m, width 0.7 m) has been preserved from the cover of the chamber. The access to the chamber is formed by two blocks with bevelled corners, on which lies a lintel with vertical slots for a secure support. The tooth frieze has a curved surface (height 0.9 m, width 1.3 m, thickness 0.8 m). The semicircular 12.8 m wide exedra is 4.0 m deep. The orthostatic plates lie on a base. A second toothed frieze (length 0.75 m, width 0.46 m) and a rectangular shaft (depth 0.75 m, width 0.72 m) were found nearby.
The tomb was excavated by Maria A. Fadda in the 1980s.
context
The buildings called “Tumbas de los zigantes” and ( Italian Tombe dei Giganti - plur.) In Sardu are the largest prenuraghic 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 (2,200-1,600 BC), the precursor culture of the Nuragic culture .
Nearby is the Troculu Giant Tomb .
See also
literature
- Maria A. Fadda: La tomba di giganti di Campu de Pira Onni (Villagrande). In: Gabriella Lai, Giovanni Ugas, Giovanni Lilliu (eds.): La Sardegna nel Mediterraneo tra il Bronzo medio e il Bronzo recente (XVI – XIII Sec. AC). Atti del III Convegno di Studi "Un Millennio di Relazioni fra la Sardegna ei Paesi del Mediterraneo", Selargius, Cagliari, November 19–22, 1987. Edizioni della Torre, Cagliari 1992, ISBN 88-7343-220-4 , pp. 83– 87.
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Coordinates: 39 ° 56 ′ 51 ″ N , 9 ° 26 ′ 57 ″ E