Punta Unossi

Punta Unossi - round hut

Punta Unossi - Sa Cuguttada Nuraghe

Punta Unossi is a nuragic settlement ( Italian Villaggi nuragici ) on the Sa Cuguttada plateau about 4.0 km southwest of Florinas in the province of Sassari in northwestern Sardinia . Punta Unossi was the subject of archaeological research by archaeologists Angela Antona and Francesca Galli in the late 1980s.

The square consists of the remains of a collection of huts of various kinds. Below is a round structure with an outside diameter of about 11.0 and an interior of 7.6 meters, which is called Capanna delle riunioni ( German assembly hut ) in Italian because of its elements . It has a surrounding bench and a central, round base on which there was presumably a baityloi , as it was found during excavations in the area.  

In the center of the settlement is the atypical Nuraghe Sa Cuguttada, round, hollow tower with a diameter of 5.2 meters, which consists of unworked blocks that may originally have been covered with a tholos and later worked with an opus isodomum (masonry) Blocks of the same size was encased. This last, accessible element would mark the tower as a “village sanctuary”. As suggested by the various structures and materials found during the excavations, the site was used until Roman times.

See also

• List of prehistoric and protohistoric archaeological sites in Sardinia

literature

• Angela Antona Ruju: Villaggi nuragici: Florinas - Sassari, Loc. Sa Punta e Onossi, Loc. Giorrè. In: Bollettino di archeologia. No. 1/2, 1990, ISSN  1120-2742 , pp. 264-265.
• Paolo Melis: La tomba di Campu Lontanu nel territorio di Florinas (= Sardegna archeologica. Guide e itinerari. 30). Carlo Delfino, Sassari 2001, ISBN 88-7138-194-7 .
• Pina Maria Derudas: Il villaggio santuario di Punta Unossi (= Sardegna archeologica. Guide e itinerari. 41). Carlo Delfino, Sassari 2008, ISBN 978-88-7138-482-5 .

Web links

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Coordinates: 40 ° 36 ′ 55.6 ″  N , 8 ° 39 ′ 0.5 ″  E