Barumini

The site of a nurage (towerlike monument) in southern Sardinia with a radiocarbon date for c 1800 BC which remained in occupation until the Roman period after being temporarily deserted in the 6th c BC. It began as a single tower c 17 meters high, and was later surrounded by a perimeter wall with a complex of smaller towers and a village of stone huts.

Site of a nuraghe, named Su Nuraxi, in southern Sardinia. It began with a single tower cl 7 metres high, with two upper storeys containing niches, apparently for sleeping. It was later surrounded by a wall with smaller towers in it and an outer circle of freestanding towers; these too were soon linked to provide a double wall for the original tower, and the whole complex was associated with a village of stone huts. There is a radiocarbon date for an early stage of cl450 be (cl800 bc) and the site remained in occupation until the Roman period, although it was temporarily deserted after an attack by Carthaginians in the 6th century bc.