The marble figurine is almost intact, it has chips on the back of the neck and on the lower end in the left corner and the arms are missing from the height of the shoulder to the elbow. In planar geometric style, it represents the prominent element of the grave goods of a deceased person buried in a curled up position; He has a rounded head with a…
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The statuette, found by a farmer who was plowing a field in the Perfugas area (Sassari), is mutilated by the very child that the female figure was holding to her chest and whose presence can be recognized from some traces. It is an example of a “geometric-volumetric” style female statuette about 11…
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At the "Su Monte" shelter, two statuettes were found which will be described in the file with the names of exhibit 1 and exhibit 2. Exhibit 1 of "Muros-Su Monte" is a fine example, albeit not intact, of a steatopygian statuette (belonging to the geometric-volumetric style) in kaonilite, ivory colour. The figurine is…
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In Sardinia the cult of the Mother Goddess is found everywhere. The Goddess accompanied the entire life cycle of our Ancestors and Ancestors, from birth to death, up to rebirth. There are several Neolithic finds of “steatopygian” statuettes (a term in scientific language which in this case indicates hypertrophy…
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The discovery of this extraordinary building is due to Ercole Contu who, finding himself in front of a mound of earth, was initially convinced of finding a nuraghe. With the excavations he instead discovered the remains of a truncated pyramidal construction preceded by a long ascending ramp that had strong similarities with the…
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Within the representations of the Mother Goddess belonging to the culture of Ozieri (or San Michele) [1], there is the Mother Goddess of Porto Ferro. It is the representation of a naked and erect female figure with a circular head and face slightly angled upwards, a long and thin neck,…
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One of the most fascinating sites, both for its extremely wild location and for its complexity, is that of "Sos Furrighesos". It is a difficult necropolis to reach, it would be preferable to be accompanied by those who know the area, but it is absolutely worth exploring the area, full of necropolises and…
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The Domus de Janas S'incantu is a funerary cave carved into the rock, decorated with motifs made with sculpture, engraving and painting with symbolic representations of powerful ritual and propitiatory value, with conceptual abstractions of undoubted magical-religious significance linked to the cult of the Goddess. The Domus de Janas (fairy houses)…
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The rock altar of Santo Stefano, located in the territory of Oschiri, is located within a very large area characterized by an underground necropolis in which there are numerous Domus de Janas, about 8, dating back to the recent Neolithic, precisely Culture of Ozieri (3500-2700); there are also the remains of a nuraghe, but the…
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