Protonuraghe Friarosu
Coordinates: 39 ° 52 ′ 36.7 " N , 8 ° 52 ′ 40.1" E
The Protonuraghe Friarosu is located on a 420 m high limestone plateau on the road from Villa Sant'Antonio to Ruinas , one kilometer behind the junction to Mogorella in the province of Oristano in Sardinia . Known since the middle of the last century, the monument dates from 1500 to 1400 BC. BC and has not been excavated, nevertheless there are numerous ceramic finds. Protonuraghen (also corridor or pseudonuraghen, Italian Nuraghe a corridoio ) are the pre- or early form of the classical tower structures or Tholosnuraghen (Italian Nuraghe a tholos ) of the Bronze Age nuragic cultures of Sardinia.
The outer wall consists of blocks of decreasing size upwards, which are not or only slightly processed. The Protonuraghe has a maximum remaining height of five meters. The roughly rectangular monument (21 × 12 m) with strongly convex short sides stands on an oval platform whose remaining height is 1.0–1.5 m. Inside there are areas of irregular-elliptical shape, with vaulted ceilings. The one meter wide entrance is equipped with a lintel (2.2 × 0.7 × 0.6 m). The corridor behind is narrow and elongated (4.0 × 1.0 m). Areas A and B are located inside along this axis. Area A (6.5 × 4.0 m) is accessible via the upper, flatly covered passage. Part of the wall consists of flat panels with large blocks in between. Area B (6.00 × 4.00) has overhanging walls and an intact roof four meters high.
Time position
The approximately 300 Protonuraghi on Sardinia were formed during phase B of the two-phase Bonnanaro culture , which was the successor to the both megalithic and Copper Age Monte Claro culture between 1800 and 1500 BC. Ruled.
See also
literature
- Giovanni Lilliu : I nuraghi. Torri preistoriche di Sardegna. La Zattera, Cagliari 1962.
- VV Santoni: Il segno del potere (“The sign of power”). In: La misteriosa civiltà dei Sardi. Sanna, Milan 1980.