Monte d'Accoddi
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Coordinates: 40°47′28″N 8°26′56″E / 40.79111°N 8.44889°E
Monte d'Accoddi is an archaeological site in northern Sardinia, Italy, located in the territory of Sassari near Porto Torres.
It is the site of a megalithic structure, the oldest part are dated to around 4,000-3,650 c BC[1][2] and discovered in 1954, in a field owned by Segni family. The structure has a base of 27 m by 27 m and probably reached a height of 5.5 m. It culminated in a platform of about 12.5 m by 7.2 m, accessible via a ramp. It has been variously described as an altar, a temple or a step pyramid. It has been partially reconstructed during the 1980s. It's open to the public and accessible by the old route of SS131 highway, near the hamlet of Ottava.
Footnotes [edit]
- ^ http://www.sardegnacultura.it/documenti/7_4_20060402100930.pdf Ercole Contu, L'altare preistorico di Monte d'Acoddi, page 14
- ^ http://arheologija.ff.uni-lj.si/documenta/pdf38/38_16.pdf
References [edit]
- Ercole Contu, Monte d´Áccoddi (Sassari). Problematiche di studio e di ricerca di un singolare monumento preistorico, Oxford 1984.
- S. Tinè, S. Bafico, T. Mannoni, 'Monte d'Accoddi e la Cultura di Ozieri', in La Cultura di Ozieri: problematiche e nuove acquisizioni, Ozieri 1989, pp. 19-36.
- Ercole Contu, "L'altare preistorico di Monte d'Accoddi" Sardegna Digital Library
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