A few kilometres from the town of Goni, along the provincial road to Cagliari (just half an hour from the capital), is the Pranu Muttedu Park, where a vast pre-Nuragic monumental complex, ‘divided’ into a number of agglomerations stands.
In the locality of Su Crancu to the north is the agglomeration of the hut of reference of the necropolis. To the south of the village are the burial grounds of Pranu Mutteddu and Nuraxeddu, exceptionally surrounded by large groups of menhir pairs in alignment or inside the tombs themselves, and from round constructions whose nature is probably sacred. Excavated in rocks further south stands the Domus de Janas necropolis of Genna Accas, consisting in three tombs. Other structures arise in the area, with the remains of the Dolmen ad allée couverte of Baccoi being of particular interest.
The exceptionality of the site also derives from the highest concentration of menhirs known in Sardinia, with around 60 variously distributed, be it in pairs, in alignments or in small groups, sometimes in the same tomb architecture. They are of the ‘proto-anthropomorphic’ type, with an ogival shape and a flat anterior surface. The sepulchres consist of two or three concentric rings of stones. At the centre is the funeral chamber, The inner cellae are circular or elongated, depending on how many sepulchres are housed inside.
The excavations revealed miniature pots, arrowheads in obsidian and various other objects, including a flint dagger and a white stone hack. From the artefacts, we can trace the complex to the late Neolithic period (3200-2800 BC) with late ‘assimilations’ through to 2600 BC.
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