Nuraghe Baccu Arzula II
DatedEst. 1900–730 BCE
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Nuraghe Baccu Arzula II is a nuraghe in Tortolì, Italy. It lies at 39.8845° N, 9.6686° E.
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Nuraghe Baccu Arzula II
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The nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic building in Sardinia, and it has become the symbol of the island and of its Nuragic civilization. They were built during the Nuragic Age, between 1900 and 730 BCE. More than 7,000 have been found, and archaeologists believe that originally there were more than 10,000. A nuraghe has the outer shape of a truncated conical tower, rather like a medieval tower, with a tholos-like vault inside. The regional background, “Sardinian nuraghi”, is given below.
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No scientific date has been published for this site. Monuments of this type in Italy are generally dated 1900 BCE to 730 BCE; the site itself may fall inside or outside that range.
The nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice of Sardinia developed during the Nuragic Age between 1900 and 730 BC.
Setting
49 other recorded monuments lie within 10 km (3 within 1 km, 20 within 5 km), 48 of them of the same type. In Tortolì, Italy, 11 of the 12 recorded monuments are of this type.
The nearest recorded monuments are Nuraghe Baccu Arzula (0.4 km east, nuraghe); Nuraghe Serra 'e Ladamini II (0.6 km north, nuraghe); Nuraghe Serras in Terazzas (1.0 km north-west, nuraghe); Nuraghe Muxieddu (1.0 km south-east, nuraghe).
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Tradition and region
About this kind of monument
Sardinian nuraghi
The nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic building in Sardinia, and it has become the symbol of the island and of its Nuragic civilization. They were built during the Nuragic Age, between 1900 and 730 BCE. More than 7,000 have been found, and archaeologists believe that originally there were more than 10,000. A nuraghe has the outer shape of a truncated conical tower, rather like a medieval tower, with a tholos-like vault inside.
The finest is Su Nuraxi at Barumini, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. Its oldest part is a central tower with three superposed chambers, 18.6 metres high, built of basalt blocks between the seventeenth and thirteenth centuries BCE. In the Late Bronze Age four corner towers joined by a curtain wall were added, and a village grew around it, inhabited from the thirteenth to the sixth century BCE. Scholars consider it the most impressive expression of the Nuragic civilization.
There is no consensus on what the nuraghi were for: rulers' residences, military strongholds, meeting halls, temples and ordinary dwellings have all been proposed. The Nuragic civilization lasted from the eighteenth century BCE until the Iron Age or the beginning of Roman colonisation in 238 BCE, and building of nuraghi had stopped by the twelfth or eleventh century BCE. Its origins are disputed: the traditional theory of Giovanni Lilliu, from 1966, saw migrants related to the Beaker culture, while others argue for local development. Even the word nuraghe has an uncertain and disputed etymology.
Many nuraghi have never been excavated, and their dates are inferred from their form.
When visiting, look for the stone courses, the entrance corridor, and the village of huts that often surrounds the tower.
Paraphrased from Wikipedia: Nuraghe, Wikipedia: Nuragic civilization, Wikipedia: Su Nuraxi · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Evidence & Lore
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What the evidence supports
Dates
Est. 1900–730 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical range for nuraghes in Italy; this site has not been dated itself. The nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice of Sardinia developed during the Nuragic Age between 1900 and 730 BC.Source for this date
Where it stands
Italy
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- Coordinates
- 39°53′04″ N, 9°40′07″ EFor a GPS or map app: 39.88446, 9.66860
Access is as our sources describe it; we have not visited the site to check.
Nearby
The closest sites in the Atlas, by straight line.
- NuragheNuraghe Baccu Arzula1900–730 BCE
- NuragheNuraghe Serra 'e Ladamini II1900–730 BCE
- NuragheNuraghe Serras in Terazzas1900–730 BCE
- NuragheNuraghe Muxieddu1900–730 BCE
- NuragheNuraghe Serra 'e Ladamini I1900–730 BCE
- NuragheNuraghe Corti Accas1900–730 BCE
Nuraghe S'Ortali 'e su Monti1900–730 BCE- NuragheNuraghe Sellersu1900–730 BCE
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Around this place
The ten nearest sites, by compass
- Nuraghe Baccu Arzula0.3 km E
- Nuraghe Serra 'e Ladamini II0.6 km N
- Nuraghe Serras in Terazzas1.0 km NW
- Nuraghe Muxieddu1.0 km SE
- Nuraghe Serra 'e Ladamini I1.1 km N
- Nuraghe Corti Accas1.9 km N
- Nuraghe S'Ortali 'e su Monti3.2 km N
- Nuraghe Sellersu3.2 km SE
- Nuraghe Santa Giusta3.3 km N
- Nuraghe Iba Manna3.4 km SW
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