S'Ena 'e sa Vacca

S'Ena 'e sa Vacca ( German for  the white cow ) is a U-shaped structure that is unique on the island of Sardinia and looks like a dolmen and is sometimes also referred to as such. It dates from the Bronze Age and is now considered to be the archetype of the Sardinian giant tombs . The 321 known giant tombs are mostly monuments of the Bronze Age Bonnanaro culture (2200–1600 BC), the precursor to the Nuragic culture . S'Ena 'e sa Vacca is located above the SS 537 from Olzai (also Olza) to Sedilo in the province of Nuoro .

The nuragic megalithic complex is 5.0 m long and 3.2 m wide. A corridor 0.6 m wide and 0.5 m high leads into the chamber. The capstone above the chamber is a monolith 3.0 m long and 2.5 m wide, with a thickness of about 0.35 m. There are remains of an exedra .

See also

• List of prehistoric and protohistoric archaeological sites in Sardinia

literature

• Giacobbe Manca: Olzai. S'Ena de sa Vacca. In: Sardegna Antiga. Volume 6, 1990, pp. 17-20 (Italian).
• Giacobbe Manca: Misteriosi piccoli dolmen. In: Sardegna Antica. Volume 17, 2000, pp. 1-6 (Italian).
• Duncan Mackenzie (author), Lycia Mura (translator), Roberto Manca (editor): I dolmen, le tombe di giganti ei nuraghi della Sardegna (= Archèos, volume 3). Condaghes, Cagliari 2012, ISBN 978-88-7356-213-9 (Italian).

Web links

• Olzai, tomba di giganti di S'Ena 'e sa Vacca (Italian)
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Coordinates: 40 ° 10 '52.1 "  N , 9 ° 1' 22.6"  E