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Excavation

  • Biru 'e Concas
  • Coa sa Mandara
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    • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

      MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

      ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

      AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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    Summary (English)

    • In 2004, excavations took place in the two areas with the greatest concentration of menhirs.

      In area 1, the monoliths were concentrated in a space of about 220 m2, positioned above the ground surface or slightly buried and lying on the ground without any apparent order. The removal of the vegetation and humus revealed 35 monoliths of different sizes and type. Aniconic and proto-anthropomorphic examples with convex plane section were predominant. Two statue-menhirs showed lines suggesting a human face, in one case represented by two cup-marks forming the eyes and a rectilinear appendage for the nose. The other presents a stylized representation of the nose and eyes and a small dagger at the waist, elements typical of the examples found in the Sarcidano area.

      Area 2 is situated on the hill’s east slope. The group of 32 aniconic and proto-anthropomorphic monoliths, all knocked over, are partly arranged in an alignment of two rows, the stones resting on a thin earth deposit and on the outcropping rock, while the upper part of the group lies in a disorganised state with menhirs amassed one on top of the other and partially buried.

      Once the secondary deposition of the menhirs had been established some of the stones were replaced in an upright position forming two rows in order to render them visible and to enhance the area.

    • Maria Ausilia Fadda - Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici per le province di Sassari e Nuoro 
    • Lidia Puddu 

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