JulietJFall, 1 month ago

From a few days ago, when I was on my way to Cagliari to teach, I visited the extraordinary 4000-3650 BC site of Monte d’Accoddi, a Neolithic site in Northern Sardinia, completed to the present form around 3000 BC. Fabulously intriguing, and apparently the only ziggurat-style structure in the Western Mediterranean. This island has so many layers of history, in this case with a hint of Mesopotamia!#StandingStoneSunday #Sardegna #Sardinia #VisitingProfessor #unica

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JulietJFall, 25 days ago

In the last few days, in between teaching & writing, I visited two more Nuraghic sites near Siddi dating from the Bronze Age, on a slight high plane above the fertile lowlands of Sardinia: one corridor-shaped (not the usual beehive dome style) at Sa Fogaia; one “giant’s tomb” called Sa Domu ‘e S’Orcu (i.e. house of the orcs!). Both practically empty in April & open to visitors to climb around and inside. Extraordinary places! #StandingStoneSunday #BronzeAge #History #Nuraghe #Sardinia #Sardegna

Inside, a man (my geographer friend & colleague Andrea Corsale, from Unica in Cagliari!) takes a photo with his phone, pointing upwards. The ceiling is about triple his height
Large tomb structure formed a truly massive rocks in a gently sloping facade, with a central door beneath a massive rock
Inside corridor about 1.5 meters wide and about 4 or 5 meters long where bodies were apparently placed. Some smaller niches to one side. The roof is slightly collapsed at the other end, allowing light to stream in