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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cuccuru e Lai - Sculptured Stone in Italy in Sardinia (Sardegna)

Submitted by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 21 September 2011  Page Views: 4336

Multi-periodSite Name: Cuccuru e Lai
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 0.289 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Sardinia (Sardegna) Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Samugheo
Latitude: 39.949600N  Longitude: 8.939900E
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Cuccuru e Lai submitted by Andy B : The broken statue menhirs collected and stored. Image copyright Villanovaforru Museum (Vote or comment on this photo)
Sculptured Stone in Sardinia (Sardegna)

A drystone wall entirely made of broken stelae-statues, many carved with stylised human figures, could make the site at Cuccuru e Lai, near Samugheo, one of the most important prehistoric sanctuaries of the island.

Note: Dozens of statue menhirs found in a Sardinian wall
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Re: Statue menhirs found in a Sardinian wall by Andy B on Wednesday, 21 September 2011
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Locations of important Menhir sites in Sardinia
http://www.sardegne.com/sardinia-info/archaeology-and-history/menhir/

Virtual Museum of Stelae-Statues from Lunigiana
http://www.rupestre.net/tracce/luni.html
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Statue menhirs found in a Sardinian wall by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 20 September 2011
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The discovery of a drystone wall entirely made of broken stelae-statues in Sardinia – many carved with stylised human figures – could make the site at Cuccuru e Lai, near Samugheo, one of the most important prehistoric sanctuaries of the island.

Mauro Perra, archaeologist at the Villanovaforru Museum, said that the finding could be “as important as the Mount Prama statues”.

The broken standing stones date back to the Chalcolithic period around 3000 BCE, and were probably broken up about 70 years ago, when the wall was built.
The broken statue menhirs collected and stored. Image Villanovaforru Museum

The broken statue menhirs collected and stored. Image Villanovaforru Museum

Archaeologists began research in the area in the 1990s, when they excavated near a tomb at Paule Lutturi; then in August 2008 they found a series of statue-menhirs (standing stones carved with human traits). Finally, this month a new dig led to the discovery of about 300 pieces of broken standing stones.

Around the 3rd millennium BCE, anthropomorphic statues spread throughout Europe.

The earliest anthropomorphic stelae date to the 4th millennium BC, and are associated with the early Bronze Age Kemi Oba culture of the Crimea and adjacent steppe region, most of them are very crude stone slabs with a simple schematic protruding head and a few features such as eyes or breasts carved into the stone but around twenty specimens, known as statue menhirs, are more complex, featuring ornaments, weapons, human or animal figures.

In Sardinia a few of the recently discovered statues bear a carved dagger similar to the Ukranian examples. This is typical of the carved stones found in the Alps as well which implies that prehistoric Sardinia was not an isolated island, but part of a larger cultural movement.

However, some of the symbols carved on the stones found at Cuccuru e Lai are completely different from those of the Laconi stones. The real meaning of these stones is unknown, but they may well be territorial or grave markers.

The tallest stones discovered measure approx. 1.20m high, but most are badly broken. Now, both local authorities and the Archaeological Superintendence are working to create a conservation lab for experts to restore the broken stones.

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2011/statue-menhirs-found-in-a-sardinian-wall#ixzz1YUYCvDVz

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