Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Northern Annex
Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE)·Ozieri Culture·🇮🇹 Sardinia, Sassari, Italy
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About Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Northern Annex
Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Northern Annex in Sardinia, Sassari, Italy is a Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ozieri Culture. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal enclosure 11 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 40.7766N 8.4557E controls access to Sardinia, Sassari resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey temple-complex for Sardinia, Sassari, illustrating Ozieri Culture construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Tribal capital and ritual aggregation
- 02Seasonal gathering locus
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3500 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE)
- Culture
- Ozieri Culture
- Purpose
- Ceremonial centre and pilgrimage focus with stratified deposits
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3500 BCE
Initial construction of Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Northern Annex main structure
c. 1124 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Northern Annex
1999–2010
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Northern Annex) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
40.7766° N · 8.4557° E · 39 m · 3 mapped features
Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Northern Annex — Main Temple-Complex Feature
enclosurePrimary enclosure at Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Northern Annex — burial gallery with stratified deposits
40.7777° N · 8.4543° EMonte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Northern Annex — Secondary Enclosure
rock artAncillary rock art at Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Northern Annex — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits
40.7778° N · 8.4549° EMonte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Northern Annex — Outlier Rock Art Panel
hydraulicOutlier hydraulic panel linked to Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Northern Annex ceremonial landscape
40.7765° N · 8.4572° E