<< Our Photo Pages >> Li Muri Necropoli - Cist in Italy in Sardinia (Sardegna)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Li Muri Necropoli Alternative Name: Circoli Funerari Li MuriCountry: Italy Region: Sardinia (Sardegna) Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Olbia Nearest Village: Arzachena
Latitude: 41.070020N Longitude: 9.321570E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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SolarMegalith visited on 14th Sep 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
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Additional information submitted by Drew Parsons in October 2010:
This site is an interesting and very old necropolis dating to 3500 BC making it one of the earliest sites in Sardinia. It was in use until 2700 BC. Excavated in 1939 it comprises four cist burials each with a stele and a circle of stones which would have retained a covering mound. The cists were single use burial sites. Beside these cists there are small stone boxes which are interpreted as food offering boxes.
A fifth site (shown as site 5 on the site map) is different as it was for ongoing use and comprised a passage or allée couverte with access for future burials. It is considered to relate to a different period to the cist burials.
The 1939 excavations revealed refined flint and soapstone hand made objects, beads, and a soapstone bowl with spool shaped handles, a rim and a ring base, knife blades, small axes and stone balls with holes through them interpreted as weapons suitable for close quarter fighting. Each cist had a stele with a presumed sacred meaning. Skeletal remains were too decomposed to allow analysis although traces of red ocre seem to be present on them.
The site is well sign posted from Arzachena and close to a number of other interesting sites. There is a good information centre 50 metres further up the road from the site with a ticket office, good displays and parking. As with so many sites in Sardinia young students of archaeology seem to be the guides and information centre staff and all are very enthusiastic.
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