2. Sardinia old Craftsmanship Museums and Archaeological findsThe Sardinian archeology is very late and although much has already been done, much remains to be done. The most reliable studies date however to the 2000 BC (more than 4000 years ago) the first traces of Neolithic (or Neo-Eneolithic) Civilisation and they concern the penetration of origin Egea. Traces of the most ancient period Paleolithic is been found again in the north of the island and particularly in the center-north (the famous Venus of Macomer, the rocky graffiti of the Green Cave of Alghero). 2.1 The Museums List in Sardinia
2.2. Summary table: Epoch, Age, Cultures, Materials
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Archaeology and Historical Signs on SardiniaWho were and from where the first human beings came that populated Sardinia? 3500 - 2700 BC Recent Neolithic One of the most ancient " cultures " are that of St. Michael to Ozieri (Egei) and they were the people of this group to dig the famous ones "domus de janas" or house of the fairies, of the witches, that are in reality tombs. Other important and ancient culture is that of Arzachena, so called by the place of the principal recoveries of finds of this culture.
2000 - 1600 BC Eneolithic Ending and Ancient Bronze Subsequently we have the Culture of Bonnanaro in which it begins the phenomenon of the architecture and the Nuraghic civilization. What were the Nuraghic fortress? What people was it what they lived them? They seem simple questions, but in reality yet the definitive answer has not been furnished, also because only from twenty years to this part Sardinian archaeology is starting a new and rich phase of intense and profitable searches (after the initial studies to work of people as Lamarmora, Orsoni, Pais and others, that initiated the searches in last century). We know, besides, that the commerce of obsidian (2) she has favored the exchange since with other cultures for the most ancient times. Few over Bonorva we can still admire the rests of the Pre-Nuraghic Civilization in Sardinia, visiting the Necropolis hypogeal of San'Andrea Priu or that of Montessu. 1600 BC Middle Bronze and Nuraghic Civilization According to some the Nuraghes would be defensive fortitudes (hypothesis today mostly accredited), according to other palaces or temples around which villages were primarily admitted of huts. Without doubt of buildings of enormous importance was treated for the collectivity that to build had to face them problems and enormous works, among which the necessity for some of these constructions to also make calculations complexes as it regards the buttresses. A mystery the fact that traces of writings of the period are not found again remains still. The Nuraghes have been built with blocks of stone superimposed (often of basalt), him drawn of buildings that exist by now from some millennia. Among the most important and interesting to be seen the Red Nuraghe (Old Fortress) next to Orroli; the federal Sanctuary of Saint Victoria of you Shut; the Nuraghe Losa (in proximity of Abbasanta), the Nuraghe of Barumini (Cagliari) and the Nuraghe of Sant'Antine in proximity of Torralba. The nuraghes (Nuraghic fortress) for their greatness and for the mystery that still surrounds good part of this historical epoch have a charm to which is difficult to withstand, some of these constructions later different millennia maintain almost intact their splendid structure. 900 BC From the eighth to the sixth century before Christ the Nuraghic civilization it knew his maximum shine: the small villages grew and they flourished around the Nuraghes and whole to them they were developed in general with the commerce and the contacts with the Mediterranean world. Numerous recoveries are to show it, for instance the copper ingots of origin Egeas often found in the graves point out frequent contacts with the oriental territories of the Mediterranean one but also recoveries effected out of Sardinia, particularly in Egypt, where they have been found some papyruses that they speak of a "people of the sea" called Shardana (strong warriors that, for a certain period, mercenaries provided to the Pharaohs). The decline begins with the constant wars that the Phoenician ones before, Carthago then and the Romans finally imposed to the Nuraghic populations. It slowly ends the Nuraghic history and it begins Roman Age in Sardinia. The Sardinian history is fiercely always however a history of invasions you oppose, proudly fought and, often, rejected. The civilizations "prehistoric Romans, the Phoenician ones and the Carthaginian ones set colonies (very beautiful the ruins of Tharros next to Oristano and Nora next to Cagliari), other cities Phoenician was founded in the island among the before and the second Punic war, and they erected it to province, leaving anywhere traces of their presence (in the places, in the names, in the language, in the cities). 2.3 Archaeological Finds
Translation date: 1998-2004 - Sardinia Information Section Arcaeology Quotes on peace Who loves the war, he has not seen it in face (Erasmus from Rotterdam) The path for the peace is the peace (M. K. Gandhi) Fonte Notes You cannot choose the country where to born, You cannot choose the color of your skin, You cannot choose the relatives, but You can choose the friends. Living means to choose, to decide what to do, every day. Learning to smile Art Culture Images and Sardinian Historical Notes Last Updating: 2010-02-05 |
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