Type Burial Phone +39 0781 64040 | Cultures Pre-Nuragic Sardinia Periods Neolithic, Bronze Age | |
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Location Villaperuccio, Sardinia, Italy Address 09010 Villaperuccio Province of Carbonia-Iglesias, Italy Province Province of Carbonia-Iglesias Similar Grotta di Is Zuddas, Monte Sirai, Necropolis of Sant'Andr, Nuraghe, Temple of Antas | ||
The necropolis of Montessu is an archaeological site located in the municipality of Villaperuccio, Sardinia.
The necropolis is located on the southern flanks of the hill of Sa Pranedda, a few kilometers north of Villaperuccio. Set within a large natural amphitheater, it has about forty domus de janas and is considered one of the largest and most important archaeological site of Sardinia.
Dating back to pre-Nuragic period (third millennium BC), this burial site was used for about a millennium during which alternated the cultures of Ozieri, Abealzu-Filigosa, Monte Claro, Bell Beaker and Bonnanaro.
Some domus de janas feature engraved patterns in relief such as spirals, concentric symbols and bull horns.
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