Giovanni Lilliu

Giovanni Lilliu ( born March 13, 1914 in Barumini, Sardinia, † February 19, 2012 in Cagliari ) was an Italian prehistorians.

Lilliu was primarily known for his research and publications on the Nuraghe, the prehistoric and early historic tower structures of Bonnyrigg culture (ca. 2200-1600 BC) in Sardinia and their associated subsequent Nuraghen (ca. 1600-238 v. AD). The Nuraghe specialist was mainly in 1955 as one of the most famous explorers Bronze Age Nuraghendörfer in Sardinia, in 2000, the UNESCO World Heritage Monument Nuraghe Su Nuraxi near his birthplace Barumini, famous.

After schooling Lilliu studied classical philology and archeology in connection with Ugo Rellini at the Scuola Nazionale di Archeological Museum in Rome. After graduating, he returned to his Sardinian home and was there 1943-1955 employees of the Department of Antiquities ( Superintendence all Antichità della Sardegna).

After several years of subsequent research, he founded in 1955, the School of Sardinian Studies at the University of Cagliari and was for twenty years until 1975 its director. At the same time he took over at that time a professor of the Sardinian antiquity at the University of Cagliari, where he was at times also Dean of the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy. In addition Lilliu was editor of the magazines Studi Sardi and Nuovo Archeologico Bollettino Sardo.

During this time, he was primarily known for his extensive research and publications on the Nuraghe, the prehistoric and early historic tower structures of Bonnyrigg culture (ca. 1800-1500 BC) in Sardinia and inseparably connected with them, following Nuraghen ( about 1600-238 BC). From 1959 to 1963 Lilliu served for four excavation campaigns in Ses Païsses on Majorca, which provided valuable information and uncovered most of the buildings visible today of a Late Bronze Age Talayotic. He also initiated in 1974 with Enrico Atzeni the excavations at Monte Prama, where they found about 30 intact nuragical stool graves.

Through its research and excavations he has authored numerous articles in professional journals and books, dealing with topics such as Dolmen di Motorra, Nuraghes Oes, the Santu Ballantine, Madrone, Asoru that protonuraghi Front'e Mola, Brunku Madagui, the Giants' Tombs of Biristeddi, Bidistili, Goronna and Su Monte de s'Ape involved. Lilliu went to his conservative research assumes that the researched by him to the last detail Nuraghentürme Sardinia were primarily defenses and fought all his life against modern theories that see Nuraghe cult and sanatorium with astronomical significance.

In addition to his teaching and research activities, he was also involved for several years in local politics for the Christian Democrats (DC), and was their representative from 1969 to 1974 as a member of the Regional Council of Sardinia, and from 1975 to 1980 as a member of the City Council of Cagliari.

For his services he was appointed in 1990 a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and also awarded in 2007 by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia with the honorary title variuos manners, be honored with the domestic and foreign personalities, resulting in an outstanding manner to the culture and society of Sardinia have made commendable.

Publications

  • I nuraghis. Torri della Sardegna Preistoriche. Cagliari 1962.
  • Il dolmen di Motorra ( Dorgali, Nuoro). In: Studi Sardi. 20, 1966, ZDB - ID 428982-1, pp. 74ff.
  • Sculture della Sardegna nuragica. Cagliari 1966.
  • With Hermanfrid Schubart: Early edge cultures of the Mediterranean. Corsica - Sardinia - Blearen - Iberian Peninsula. Art of the world, the cultures of the West. Baden -Baden in 1967. (1979, ISBN 3-87355-192-6 )
  • With Tet Arnold von Borsig, Dora Fischer: Sardinia. Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7774-2820-5.
  • La civiltà nuragica. Sassari 1982, ISBN 88-7138-132-7.
  • La civiltà dei Sardi dal Paleolitico all'età dei nuraghis. Turin, 1988, ISBN 88-397-0521- X.
  • With Raimondo Zucca: Su Nuraxi di Barùmini. Sassari, 1988, ISBN 88-7138-109-2.
  • The Sardinia Nuraghis. Novara in 1993, DNB 963,210,548th
  • Betili e betilini nelle tombe di Giganti della Sardegna. Rome 1995, ISBN 88-218-0499-2.
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