Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex
Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE)·Nuragic Culture·🇮🇹 Sardinia, Oristano, Italy
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About Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex
Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex 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 platform 7 × 3 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 40.1165N 8.8100E 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
- 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. 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 — Northern Annex main structure
c. 1224 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
40.1165° N · 8.8100° E · 180 m · 3 mapped features
Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex — Main Megalithic Feature
templePrimary temple at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex — burial gallery with stratified deposits
40.1168° N · 8.8109° ENuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex — Secondary Enclosure
chamberAncillary chamber at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex — platform mound with stratified deposits
40.1160° N · 8.8099° ENuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex — Outlier Rock Art Panel
cairnOutlier cairn panel linked to Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex ceremonial landscape
40.1155° N · 8.8091° E