Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Southern Extension
Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE)·Ozieri Culture·🇮🇹 Sardinia, Sassari, Italy
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About Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Southern Extension
Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Southern Extension 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 platform 4 × 2 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 40.7943N 8.4318E 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
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
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 — Southern Extension main structure
c. 1256 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Southern Extension
1993–2013
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
40.7943° N · 8.4318° E · 29 m · 3 mapped features
Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Southern Extension — Main Temple-Complex Feature
rock artPrimary rock art at Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Southern Extension — burial gallery with stratified deposits
40.7959° N · 8.4311° EMonte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Southern Extension — Secondary Enclosure
hydraulicAncillary hydraulic at Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Southern Extension — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
40.7930° N · 8.4309° EMonte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art Panel
necropolisOutlier necropolis panel linked to Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape
40.7962° N · 8.4330° E