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<< Our Photo Pages >> Motorra Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Italy in Sardinia (Sardegna)

Submitted by AlexHunger on Wednesday, 27 December 2017  Page Views: 8282

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Motorra Dolmen
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 0.973 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Sardinia (Sardegna) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Nuoro  Nearest Village: Dorgali
Latitude: 40.306220N  Longitude: 9.575260E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Motorra Dolmen
Motorra Dolmen submitted by AlexHunger : Small but very old dolmen near Dorgali in Sardinia. It has 10 small basaltic uprights. Interstingly, there are what appears to be kerbstones arround it, but it could have been the local farmers pushing extraneous rocks towards the dolmen. Nice location with Olive tree. 400 Meter walk from main road/Parking. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Large classic Dolmen dating to about 3500 BCE with nice flat capstone and 10 small uprights under an olive tree. The dolmen appears to be surrounded by kerbstones.

Metamorphic rock with low quality basalic uprights.
288 Meters altitude.

Note: GIS-based landscape analysis of megalithic graves in the Island of Sardinia by Riccardo Cicilloni and Marco Cabras
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Motorra Dolmen
Motorra Dolmen submitted by AlexHunger : Small but very old dolmen near Dorgali in Sardinia. It has 10 small basaltic uprights. Interstingly, there are what appears to be kerbstones arround it, but it could have been the local farmers pushing extraneous rocks towards the dolmen. Nice location with Olive tree. 400 Meter walk from main road/Parking. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Motorra Dolmen
Motorra Dolmen submitted by AlexHunger (Vote or comment on this photo)

Motorra Dolmen
Motorra Dolmen submitted by KaiHofmann : the motorra dolmen in Sardegna (Vote or comment on this photo)

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GIS-based landscape analysis of megalithic graves in the Island of Sardinia by Andy B on Saturday, 25 November 2017
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GIS-based landscape analysis of megalithic graves in the Island of Sardinia (Italy) - Riccardo Cicilloni, Marco Cabras. Department of History, Cultural Heritage and Territory, University of Cagliari. Via Is Mirrionis 1, 09123 Cagliari,Italy.

One of the most important megalithic groups in Western Europe in terms of number and characteristics is the group of over 200 monuments of various types in Sardinia. It now seems to be confirmed that the rise of the megalithic phenomenon was during the culture of San Michele of Ozieri (Late Neolithic, 4000-3300 B.C.E.).

The Sardinian dolmen graves, however, had a maximum distribution during the Chalcolithic, as evidenced by most of the finds from excavations. The phenomenon also shows a close relationship beyond Sardinia and especially with the monuments of Catalonia, Pyrenees, non-coastal departments of French-midi, Corsica and Puglia.

About 90 dolmen graves of various types have been investigated, namely the simple type, “corridor” type, “allée couverte” type, and others of uncertain attribution, located in central-western Sardinia, and particularlyin a significant area of ca. 3500 km2coinciding with the historical regions of Marghine-Planargia, Middle Valley of Tirso and Montiferru. This includes some 40% of all Sardinian dolmens. Locational trends and relationshipswith regard to landscape elements were studied with the aid of GIS methodologies such as viewshed and cost surface analysis.

This allowed an evaluation of the role of visual dominance on the surroundings in relation to waterways and natural access routes.These dolmens enjoy an isolated positional character, being found more often in high plateaus, but also on low plateaus and hills. Although different concentrations are found in dolmenic graves, these do not seem to have any direct relationship among them, but their influence is apparently directed towards travel routes and sensitive elements of the landscape that have capabilities of territorial demarcation.

The particular location emphasizes the significance of these monuments as territorial markers for segmentary societies. It seems that a dolmen was constructed according to the territory immediately surrounding it. This reinforces the hypothesis of there being a secondary task, in addition to that of burial, to symbolize a message or landmark for those who moved towards "another" territory: a sign of belonging.

From Advances in Understanding Megaliths and Related Prehistoric Lithic Monuments
Journal of Lithic Studies. (2017) Volume 4, Number 3.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/jls.v4i3

http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1943/2578
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