Protonuraghe Peppe Gallu

Dam of the Lago del Cuga

The Protonuraghe Peppe Gallu about southwest of Uri in the province of Sassari on Sardinia has been largely removed. Their stones were used to build the Lago del Cuga reservoir.

The Peppe Gallu was one of the first protonuraghen (also corridor or pseudonuraghen, Italian Nuraghe a corridoio ) to be examined. The sources report that it was examined by archaeologist Hercules Contu before it was excavated in the 1960s.

It's roughly oval in shape and the interiors have collapsed. The outer walls were made of Cyclops masonry , with irregularly shaped, polygonal stones that were not set in layers. The Protonuraghe had a round or semicircular inner chamber, which lay on a long narrow corridor, with an entrance in the east, traces of which have been preserved.

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

• List of prehistoric and protohistoric archaeological sites in Sardinia

literature

• Alberto Moravetti , Carlo Tozzi et al. (Eds.): Guide archeologiche. Preistoria e Protostoria in Italia . 2: Sardegna . ABACO, Forlí 1995, ISBN 88-86712-01-4 .
• Angela Antona Ruju , Maria L. Ferrarese Ceruti : The Nuraghe Albucciu and the Archaeological Monuments of Arzachena , Carlo Delfino Publishing 2003, ISBN 9788871382586 .

Coordinates: 40 ° 36 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 27 ′ 17 ″  E