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Excavation

  • Nuraghe Tanca Manna
  • Quartiere Su Nuraghe
  • Tanca Manna

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    • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

      MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

      ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

      AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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    Summary (English)

    • This season, the excavations were further extended in all three sectors. In sector 1, situated north of the nuraghe, the area adjacent to rooms 6 and 9 was extended and the collapse removed from the area immediately to the south. In room 6, more of the line of the structure’s perimeter wall was exposed, identifying an earlier phase of the hut that was presumably rectangular in plan with an apse. The east and south walls were visible, while the west side was probably demolished during the construction of room 9. The latter was formed by a circular wall preserved for a length of c. 7.80 m, built with medium sized stones arranged in a double facing, an average of 0.80 m wide.

      In sector 2, the excavation of the rectangular rooms 3, 5, and 10 was completed. The first (10.80 × 3.80) had a short semicircular side and was divided into two areas characterised by functional structures (probable stone oven and raised rectangular platforms). Room 5 had an L shaped entrance in the south side, while the opposite side was incomplete but presumably rectilinear. To the west of room 5, some sections of wall indicated the existence of a rectangular room (10) that shared its east wall. The internal division in its northern part is characteristic of this type of architecture. The extension of the excavation to the east revealed a new rectangular structure (room 7). Two structures adjacent to the east and west walls were identified inside this room, similar to those in room 3, raised platforms with a surface of small stones.

      In sector 3 adjacent to the nuraghe, the south side was excavated, where a massive layer of collapse was removed, which abutted a wall interpreted as a substructure or external terracing outside the nuraghe. The latter’s continuation was exposed towards the west, its internal facing abutted by a floor surface of horizontally laid large stones and slabs. At the end of the excavation, it may be suggested that this was a terracing wall. It did not support the single-tower nuraghe, but was seen to be an independent structure built to create a narrow corridor separated from the natural rock. In addition to the floor surface, this suggestion was supported by other elements: the building of a wall that evened out the irregularities in the rock face on the inner side, and a route leading to steps on the south-east side. Lastly, the discovery of a niche, created between the boulders of natural rock gives the corridor a precise function. Despite the limited dimensions and monumentality of the external facing, this architectural intervention can be compared with a corridor nuraghe. Therefore, it cannot be excluded that this structure may belong to the first occupation phases on the granite outcrop, which were followed by the construction of the single-tower nuraghe.

    • Maurizio Cattani- Università di Bologna 

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    Team

    • Andrea Fiorini- Università di Bologna
    • Demis Murgia- Comune di Nuoro
    • Florencia Debandi- Università di Bologna

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