The giants' grave of Is Concias (also called Sa Dom'è s'Orcu) is an archaeological site of

Quartucciu Quartucciu () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari. History Human presences in the territory of Quartucciu is attested since prehistoric times. Som ...

, municipality of the

metropolitan City of Cagliari The Metropolitan City of Cagliari (; Sardinian language, Sardinian: ''tzittadi metropolitana de Casteddu'') is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari and includes 17 ''comuni'' ( ...

Description

Located on the western slope of the Sette Fratelli mountains, the tomb, dated to the middle and late

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

, has, like most other tombs of the giants of southern Sardinia, the so-called "rows façade". It measures approximately 15.90 m in length and 1.30 m in width. At the center of the

exedra An exedra (: exedras or exedrae) is a semicircular architecture, architectural recess or platform, sometimes crowned by a semi-dome, and either set into a building's façade or free-standing. The original Greek word ''ἐξέδρα'' ('a seat ou ...

, about 10 meters wide, there is the entrance to the burial chamber of ogival shape, about 8 meters long and 1 m wide approx. The height of the burial chamber decreases from a maximum of 2.10 m at the entrance to a minimum of 1.70 m on the bottom. Outside, on the right side of the entrance, there is a " betile", probably a deity.

Archaeological excavations

The tomb was excavated in the 1960s by archaeologist Enrico Atzeni and restored in 1987.

References

External links

Quartucciu, Tomba di giganti Is Concias
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