Monte Claro

Monte Claro culture is an archaeological culture that existed throughout Sardinia in the period before the arrival of the Nuraghe builders . Dated to 3 millennium BC. er The name comes from the excavation zone at Cagliari , where important findings were made.

Based on the findings, archaeologists suggest that the population of this culture was engaged in agriculture, herding and ore mining. The population of the mountainous areas still lived in caves, but the inhabitants of the plains founded the villages, as shown by finds from the settlements of Marmilla and Corti Becchia ( Sanluri ), where the remains of 40 houses, several granaries and a livestock corral were found.

They built defensive walls and ramparts long before the Nurag period. The findings indicate that megalithic walls were erected around the villages to protect them from the neighboring tribes of the island.

Burials are of various types. Usually there is a central chamber in the tomb, around which, like petals around the flower, the rest are located. The chambers are underground, they consist of a wall, laid out by the method of dry masonry, in which niches were made, or separated into separate spaces and covered with a large slab. The latter method was used in the construction of the Su Quaddu de Nixias tomb .

Evidence of advanced metallurgy has survived: crucibles for smelting, copper daggers and tips, lead staples for terracotta amphoras. By the form of ceramics, you can determine the social status of its owners.

The people of Monte Claro made jewelery using embossing, notching, carving and grinding. The remains date to approximately 2500 BC. er Mass production of large cylindrical vessels with simple decorations indicates a developed agricultural activity, the products of which required long-term storage.

During the time of this culture in Sardinia, for the first time, large megalithic walls were built, for example, at Olmedo , Monte Barant.

Religion was based on abstract ideas, anthropomorphic images are missing.