Middle Eneolithic

The Filigosa and Abealzu cultures belong to this phase (2,600-2,400 BC). The ceramic artifacts pertaining to these cultures come almost exclusively from funerary contexts and consist of vases with typical shapes.

Filigosa's culture takes its name from Tomb I of the homonymous site in the territory of Macomer. Typical of this culture are vases, generally small in size, not decorated or decorated with printing or engraving; loom weights; fusaioles; obsidian arrowheads; clay necklaces; bone and shell; copper and silver objects.

The culture of Abealzu (slightly later) takes its name from the homonymous necropolis in the territory of Osilo.
Typical of this culture are the fiasco vases decorated with mammellar shapes, which are compared to various objects from the peninsular area and the Franco-Swiss area.

Also of great importance are the anthropomorphic menhirs and statues-menhirs, found in Goni and in the Sarcidano-Mandrolisai. Menhir statues are often defined as' armed 'because of the presence of a double-bladed dagger, interpreted as a symbol of power, and of a figure at the top of the statue, called' upside down 'and interpreted as a funerary symbol.

The attribution to the Middle Eneolithic (perhaps pertinent to Filigosa's culture) of the statuettes of the 'mother goddess' of the so-called 'fretwork type' seems certain.

The altar of Monte d'Accoddi (Sassari) must also be traced to this chronological and cultural moment. It is a trunk-pyramidal platform on which a chapel with an access ramp was built. The shape of this extraordinary monument evokes the Mesopotamian 'ziqqurats'.

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24/10/2023 - 17:12