Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace
Bronze Age (1500-500 BCE)·Nuragic Culture·🇮🇹 Sardinia, Medio Campidano, Italy
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About Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace
Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace 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 chamber 11 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 39.7131N 9.0063E 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
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
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
- Partially excavated
c. 1300 BCE
Initial construction of Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace main structure
c. 759 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace
1973–2016
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
39.7131° N · 9.0063° E · 251 m · 4 mapped features
- Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace — Main Ancient-Village FeaturechamberPrimary chamber at Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits39.7119° N · 9.0072° E
- Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace — Secondary EnclosurecairnAncillary cairn at Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace — burial gallery with stratified deposits39.7116° N · 9.0062° E
- Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace — Outlier Rock Art PanelplazaOutlier plaza panel linked to Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace ceremonial landscape39.7133° N · 9.0046° E
- Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace — Hydraulic/Cistern AnnexreservoirHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Western Terrace with plastered basin39.7144° N · 9.0072° E