Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace
Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE)·Nuragic Culture·🇮🇹 Sardinia, Oristano, Italy
About
About Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace
Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace in Sardinia, Oristano, Italy is a Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Nuragic Culture. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal enclosure 5 × 4 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 40.1295N 8.8275E controls access to Sardinia, Oristano resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey megalithic for Sardinia, Oristano, illustrating Nuragic Culture construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
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. 1400 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE)
- Culture
- Nuragic Culture
- Purpose
- Collective burial and territorial marker for agro-pastoral community
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1400 BCE
Initial construction of Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace main structure
c. 831 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace
1986–2010
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
40.1295° N · 8.8275° E · 212 m · 3 mapped features
Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace — Main Megalithic Feature
plazaPrimary plaza at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits
40.1314° N · 8.8277° ENuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace — Secondary Enclosure
reservoirAncillary reservoir at Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
40.1286° N · 8.8291° ENuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace — Outlier Rock Art Panel
moundOutlier mound panel linked to Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace ceremonial landscape
40.1295° N · 8.8278° E