Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension
Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE)·Nuragic Culture·🇮🇹 Sardinia, Oristano, Italy
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About Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension
Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension 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 citadel 3 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 40.1268N 8.8228E 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
- 01Scale of population vs agricultural catchment
- 02Ritual vs domestic use
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 — Southern Extension main structure
c. 1151 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension
2001–2021
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
40.1268° N · 8.8228° E · 201 m · 4 mapped features
- Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension — Main Megalithic FeaturechamberPrimary chamber at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension — enclosure wall with stratified deposits40.1277° N · 8.8235° E
- Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension — Secondary EnclosurecairnAncillary cairn at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits40.1259° N · 8.8232° E
- Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art PanelplazaOutlier plaza panel linked to Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape40.1284° N · 8.8218° E
- Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension — Hydraulic/Cistern AnnexreservoirHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension with plastered basin40.1266° N · 8.8245° E