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Room D

The last room inside the megaron 1 temple (fig. 1) is accessed through a square corridor (size: length 1.10 metres; width 1.10 metres) with sloping walls. The room is sub-rectangular in shape (size: length 2/2.60 metres; width 3.40 metres).

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Fig. 1 - Megaron 1 temple plans (from FADDA 2012, fig. 9 page 10).

The walls are still strongly sloping, in spite of the fact that smaller size stones and lithic slabs were used to build them (fig. 2)

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Fig. 2 - Interior of the megaron 1 temple. Room D in the background (photo by Unicity S.p.A.).

Part of the original stone flooring can still be seen. The wall at the back has a small sub-trapezoid shape niche, that is perfectly in line with all the corridors of the temple rooms (fig. 3).

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Fig. 3 - View from the top of the megaron 1 temple (photo by Unicity S.p.A.).

Inside the room, in addition to a large granite slab that is thinner towards the ends, some pottery fragments were found that can be seen to be part of cooking pots, cups and bowls.

Bibliografia

  • CAMPUS F., Villagrande Strisaili. Il complesso cultuale di S’Arcu’e Is Forros, in CAMPUS F., LEONELLI V. (a cura di), Simbolo di un simbolo. I modelli di un nuraghe, Catalogo mostra, Monteriggioni 2012, pp. 234-239.
  • FADDA M.A., Antichi sardi purificati, in Archeologia Viva, 57, Firenze 1995, pp. 78-83.
  • FADDA M.A., Antichi sardi purificati. Atto secondo, in Archeologia Viva, Firenze gennaio 2011.
  • FADDA M.A., Il villaggio santuario di S'Arcu 'e Is Forros, Sardegna archeologica. Guide e itinerari , 48, Sassari 2012.
  • FADDA M.A., S’Arcu’e Is Forros: Nuragici, Filistei e Fenici fra i monti della Sardegna, in Archeologia Viva, 155, XXXI, Firenze 2012, pp. 46-57.
  • FADDA M.A., Villagrande Strisaili. Il santuario nuragico di S'Arcu 'e Is Forros e le insulae degli artigiani fusori, in Nel segno dell’acqua. Santuari e bronzi votivi della Sardegna nuragica, Sassari 2014, pp. 199-227.
  • NIEDDU C., Complesso archeologico di S'Arcu 'e is Forros, in C. Nieddu (a cura di), Siti archeologici d'Ogliastra, Tortolì 2006, pp. 64-65.

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