Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Eastern Outlier
Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE)·Nuragic Culture·🇮🇹 Sardinia, Oristano, Italy
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About Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Eastern Outlier
Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Eastern Outlier in Sardinia, Oristano, Italy is a Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Nuragic Culture. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal necropolis 5 × 4 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 40.1366N 8.8128E controls access to Sardinia, Oristano resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey megalithic for Sardinia, Oristano, illustrating Nuragic Culture construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
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. 1400 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE)
- Culture
- Nuragic Culture
- Purpose
- Collective burial and territorial marker for agro-pastoral community
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1400 BCE
Initial construction of Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Eastern Outlier main structure
c. 1416 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Eastern Outlier
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
40.1366° N · 8.8128° E · 207 m · 3 mapped features
- Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Eastern Outlier — Main Megalithic FeaturecairnPrimary cairn at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Eastern Outlier — platform mound with stratified deposits40.1370° N · 8.8131° E
- Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Eastern Outlier — Secondary EnclosureplazaAncillary plaza at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Eastern Outlier — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits40.1367° N · 8.8139° E
- Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art PanelreservoirOutlier reservoir panel linked to Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape40.1385° N · 8.8136° E