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Barrow burials

There are several  tomb types in the cemetery areas of Columbaris (figs. 1-2). Some going continuously from the IV to the VII century A.D., period during which the cemetery was used. Of the 157 tombs analysed there are 5 barrow burials.

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Fig. 1 - Reconstruction of the funeral area (from Cornus I.1, p. 203, Tab. IV).
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Fig. 2 - Map of the Columbaris-Cornus complex with indication of stages and sectors (drawing by L. SALADINO, M. C. SOMMA, from Cornus I.1, p. 200, tab. II).

Barrow burials (fig. 3) are characterised by a polygon brick cover made with stone pieces (limestone and phonolite) and brick fragments bound with mortar. On the outside, the latter was covered in an Opus signinum layer or finer plaster which has preserved traces of red decoration, painted with linear (t. 71 - fig. 4) or plant patterns (t. 68). Some plastered pavements were found around the graves (fig. 5) on which pottery and glass  grave goods were found together with food offerings, connected with the funeral banquets held.

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Fig. 3 - Drawing of two barrow tombs (from Cornus I.1, p. 216, fig. 85).
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Fig. 4 - Perspective reconstruction of barrow tomb no. 71 (from Cornus I.1, p. 216, fig. 86; p. 218, fig. 90).
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Fig. 5 - Axonometry of tombs 25, 27 e 117 with pavements (from Cornus I.1, p. 221, fig. 86; p. 218, fig. 97).




Bibliografia

  • C. AMANTE SIMONI, I corredi, in C. AMANTE SIMONI, A. M. GIUNTELLA, L. PANI ERMINI, D. STIAFFINI, Ricerche di archeologia post-classica nella Sardegna centro-medievale, in Quaderni della Soprintendenza Archeologica per le Province di Cagliari e Oristano, II, 1987, pp. 83-86.
  • L. BACCHIELLI, Monumenti funerari in forma di cupola: origine e diffusione in Italia Meridionale, in A. MASTINO (a cura di), L'Africa romana. Atti del III Convegno di studio (Sassari, 13-15 dicembre 1985), Sassari 1986, pp. 303-319.
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  • A. M. GIUNTELLA, G. BORGHETTI, D. STIAFFFINI, Mensae e riti funerari in Sardegna: la testimonianza di Cornus = Meditarraneo Tardoantico e medievale. Scavi e ricerche, 1, Taranto 1985, pp. 17-25, 95-99, 107-110.
  • D. LISSIA, D. ROVINA, Sepolture tardo romane e altomedievali nella Sardegna nord-occidentale e centrale, in AA. VV., Le sepolture in Sardegna dal IV al VII secolo. IV Convegno sull'archeologia tardoromana e medievale (Cuglieri 27-28 giugno 1987) = Mediterraneo tardoantico e medievale. Scavi e ricerche, 8, Oristano 1990, pp. 75-100.
  • D. MUREDDU, G. STEFANI, Il mosaico funerario africano, in A. MASTINO (a cura di), L'Africa romana. Atti del III Convegno di studio (Sassari, 13-15 dicembre 1985), Sassari 1986, pp. 339-356.

 

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