Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector
Bronze Age (1500-500 BCE)·Nuragic Culture·🇮🇹 Sardinia, Medio Campidano, Italy
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About Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector
Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector in Sardinia, Medio Campidano, Italy is a Bronze Age (1500-500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Nuragic Culture. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal enclosure 12 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 39.6907N 9.0014E controls access to Sardinia, Medio Campidano resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey ancient-village for Sardinia, Medio Campidano, 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
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
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. 1300 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age (1500-500 BCE)
- Culture
- Nuragic Culture
- Purpose
- Settlement with domestic structures and ancillary ritual space
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1300 BCE
Initial construction of Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector main structure
c. 562 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
39.6907° N · 9.0014° E · 224 m · 3 mapped features
- Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Main Ancient-Village Featurerock artPrimary rock art at Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — burial gallery with stratified deposits39.6912° N · 9.0021° E
- Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Secondary EnclosurehydraulicAncillary hydraulic at Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits39.6908° N · 9.0017° E
- Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Outlier Rock Art PanelnecropolisOutlier necropolis panel linked to Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector ceremonial landscape39.6919° N · 9.0012° E