Protonuraghe Sa Fogaia
The Protonuraghe Sa Fogaia is located about 325 m above sea level, on the edge of a cliff on the east side of the Giara di Siddi near Siddi in the province of Sud Sardegna in Sardinia .
The Protonuraghe , preserved up to a height of six meters, has a complex, three-part, irregular structure and was built in the oldest area from dry stone masonry made of basalt blocks . It is composed of megalithic and other structures.
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 oldest part is around 1800 BC. Uraghe originated in BC. It has a Y-shaped corridor. The east access to the long corridor is via a staircase about five meters above the ground. Next to the entrance is a curved chamber whose ceiling, on which the original entrance to the roof terrace lay, has collapsed, as has the ceiling of the corridor.
Later the structure was expanded to the west and east of the Protonuraghen. In addition to building on the east side there is a transition with a fall , which leads to an open courtyard. On the right there are two chambers without a ceiling, one of which is curved and the other is rectangular with an apse . On the north-west side, which was added later, there is a round room with a domed vault, from which a staircase led upwards. On the right side of the room there is a small semi-circular bypass of the chamber.
Around the courtyard are the remains of small round and rectangular rooms and a dry stone wall, perhaps from Punic or Roman times. On the south side, rectangular rooms and a hallway are visible.
Excavations have revealed pottery, a bronze awl and fragments of Nuragic pottery. Amphorae and plates with palmettes from the Punic and Roman times have also been found.
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
- Alberto Moravetti, Carlo Tozzi et al. (Eds.): Guide archeologiche. Preistoria e Protostoria in Italia . 2: Sardegna . ABACO, Forlí 1995, ISBN 88-86712-01-4 .
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Coordinates: 39 ° 39 ′ 53 " N , 8 ° 52 ′ 37.6" E