Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier
Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE)·Ozieri Culture·🇮🇹 Sardinia, Sassari, Italy
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About Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier
Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier in Sardinia, Sassari, Italy is a Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ozieri Culture. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal necropolis 9 × 3 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 40.7961N 8.4514E controls access to Sardinia, Sassari resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey temple-complex for Sardinia, Sassari, illustrating Ozieri Culture construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Chronology and phasing
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. 3500 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE)
- Culture
- Ozieri Culture
- Purpose
- Ceremonial centre and pilgrimage focus with stratified deposits
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3500 BCE
Initial construction of Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier main structure
c. 1134 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
40.7961° N · 8.4514° E · 47 m · 4 mapped features
Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier — Main Temple-Complex Feature
hydraulicPrimary hydraulic at Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits
40.7961° N · 8.4517° EMonte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier — Secondary Enclosure
necropolisAncillary necropolis at Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
40.7942° N · 8.4523° EMonte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art Panel
templeOutlier temple panel linked to Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape
40.7948° N · 8.4496° EMonte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier — Hydraulic/Cistern Annex
chamberHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier with plastered basin
40.7969° N · 8.4531° E