Nuragic Village of Antas

"NURAGICAL VILLAGEThe archaeological area of Antas plays a fundamental role in the history of the Fluminese area and the island: starting from the Nuragic age, it was the site of a sanctuary where the rites and festivals of a heroic cult took place. The village from 1200 BC Chr. (Bronze Age) was never interested in in-depth research, but was only brought to light during the excavation campaign in 1966/67.It highlighted the ruins of circular rooms built of small stones cemented with mortar and clay and covered by a conical roof made of branches and twigs; Among the finds were artifacts and ceramics, iron tips and blades, molten lead, glassworking slag and obsidian. The small village, surrounded by a curvilinear wall, was partially adapted in late Roman times. Four Roman Cassone tombs have been discovered between the wall and the houses, which are currently covered by vegetationThe huts flank a path that connects the mining areas of the Iglesiente to the west coast and passes through the nearby Grotta di Su Mannau, a place dedicated to the worship of water and a fundamental station from the sea to the hinterland. On the path, which is later called the Ancient Roman Road, you can see the forced cuts in the rocks that allow the passage of drawn wagons. The path reached in a short time (approx. The first part of the cave, which is called the archaeological space, was for a long time a real underground temple dedicated to the water cult, a symbol of female fertility and identified in the mother goddess, the bearer of the Hundreds of still visible fragments of votive lamps underline their religious use. "Source: startuno.it/villaggio-nuragico-antas

The age of the village goes back to the 13th century BC. back.