- Monte d'Accoddi
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Coordinates: 40°47′28″N 8°26′56″E / 40.79111°N 8.44889°E
Monte d'Accoddi is an archaeological site in northern Sardinia, between Sassari and Porto Torres.
It is the site of a megalithic structure dated to around 2700=2000 BC[1] and discovered in 1954. The structure has a base of 27 m by 27 m and probably reached a height of 5.5 m. It culminated in a platform of about 12.5 m by 7.2 m, accessible via a ramp. It has been variously described as an altar, a temple or a step pyramid. It has been partially reconstructed during the 1980s.
Footnotes
- ^ Blake, Emma; Arthur Bernard Knapp (2004). The archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory. Wiley Blackwell. p. 117. ISBN 978-0631232681. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=F15vfrJq8LUC&pg=PA117&dq=Monte+d%27Accoddi&hl=en&ei=dsldTq7CL8Kr8APS0ezNAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Monte%20d%27Accoddi&f=false. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
References
- Ercole Contu, Monte d´Áccoddi (Sassari). Problematiche di studio e di ricerca di un singolare monumento preistorico, Oxford 1984.
- S. Tinè, S. Bafico, T. Mannoni, 'Monte d'Accoddi e la Cultura di Ozieri', in La Cultura di Ozieri: problematiche e nuove acquisizioni, Ozieri 1989, pp. 19-36.
- Ercole Contu, "L'altare preistorico di Monte d'Accoddi" Sardegna Digital Library
Categories:- Neolithic Europe
- Buildings and structures in Sardinia
- Archaeological sites in Italy
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- Italy stubs
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