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Nuraghic Age pre-existing structures

During the Nuraghic Age, the cliff of Posada (fig. 1) was not uninhabited: according to studies conducted recently, it is assumed that the area where the Castle della Fava now stands was occupied by an allée-couverte Nuraghe, South-East of which there was a Nuraghic village.

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Fig. 1 - The fortress of Posada, view from the North-East (photo by Unicity S.p.A.).

The need by the Nuraghic population to control the surrounding territory is proven by the presence of another Nuraghe, associated with the village, on Monte Idda and other Nuraghic towers nearby. Monte Furcas might also have hosted a Nuraghe, but there is no trace left of this (figs. 2-3).

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Fig. 2 - Modern development of the town of Posada; in the background on the left, Monte Furcas, on the right Monte Idda (photo by Unicity S.p.A.).
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Fig. 3 - Cross section of the Monte Idda Nuraghe (from FADDA 1984, fig. 2).



Bibliografia

  • V. ANGIUS, s.v. Posada, in G. CASALIS, Dizionario geografico storico-statistico-commerciale degli Stati di S.M. il re di Sardegna, XV, Torino 1847, pp. 672-691.
  • A. DELLA MARMORA, Itinéraire de l’île de Sardaigne, II, Turin 1860.
  • M.A. FADDA, Il nuraghe Monte Idda di Posada e la ceramica a pettine in Sardegna, in W.H. WALDREN et alii, The Deya Conference of Prehistory. Early Settlement in the Western Mediterranean Islands and their Peripheral Areas. BAR International Series 229, pp. 671-702.
  • M.A. FADDA, Posada: preistoria sarda all’ombra di un castello. Archeologia Viva 85, pp. 88-93.
  • M.A. FADDA, Il Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Nuoro. Sardegna archeologica. Guide e itinerari 17, Sassari 2006.
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  • G. ZIROTTU, Posada. Un borgo sardo e il suo castello, Nuoro 1999.

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