Ozieri culture

The Ozieri culture (initially called San Michele culture) is the last of the great cultures of the Neolithic period (ca. 4000-3200 BC) in Sardinia. They first bore the name of its place of discovery, the Grotta di San Michele in Ozieri in the province of Sassari. Your chronology is confirmed by radiocarbon dates from the natural caves ( Grotta Gonagosula, Grotta Filiestru ). The cultures of Su Caroppu, Filiestru, Bono Ighinu culture and the recently discovered culture of San Ciriaco preceded her. At the same time it is clear that the cultures Bonu Ighinu culture and Ozieri are two stages of the same culture. They were followed by the cultures of Abealzu - Filigosa.

The island's population has more than 2,500 years already existed from farmers. They lived in unfortified villages whose number and size (especially in the Campidano ) increased during the Ozieri culture. In the context of the culture are the plastic representations of a mother goddess and the murals of a bull deity, in so-called Domus de Janas ( artificial cave tombs ) that were often created by the thousands in veritable necropolis, as well as the erection of menhirs (Italian Perda fitta ).

Finds

The pottery of the Ozieri culture is becoming ever more fantastical forms. The model for the pyxides and tripods were sought initially in the Aegean Sea, but there are also echoes of the Chassey culture in southern France recognizable. The relations assumed to Crete and the Cycladic archipelago are better explained by a development from a cultural-religious substrate, the starting spread from the Levant over the Mediterranean area. Characteristic of the ceramic are listed under the surface tunnel handle, as they found, for example at ritz decorated pyxides. The ornament by diabolo shaped human figures is characteristic. Terracotta ( cave Sa ' Ucca ' e su Tintirriolu ) and limestone idols (Sat Turriga and Porto Ferro) were found in graves or places of worship. Some figures show red ink residues. They are similar to Cretan and Cycladic idols. The Sardinian idol figures, however, avoid any symbolism in the area of the pubic triangle.

The results of the Bonu - Ighinu project demonstrated the continuity in development for Ozieri culture and refute foreign influences, which should be done after the first settlement of the island by members of cardial or Impressokultur. In an exchange of ideas with the mainland, however, indicate contacts that must have taken place in the context of the spread of obsidian from Monte Arci. Therefore, the archaeological struggle between the diffusionists and evolutionists will take place particularly fierce in Sardinia. It was found that the cultures of Bonu Ighinu and Ozieri, possibly via San Ciriaco, phases constitute one and the same culture. The culture of San Ciriaco (3400-3200 BC) is characterized by the production of excellent vases ( at Cabras ) and the Torre Foghe were found ( at Tresnuraghes ) in Cuccuru s'Arriu.

Find sites

With the Ozieri culture quite differently designed spaces are connected:

  • Anghelu Ruju ( Domus de Janas at Alghero)
  • Oven tombs of Cuccuru S'Arriu on the Sinis Peninsula. ( Finds in the museums)
  • Li Muri
  • Monte Accoddi
  • Necropolis di Montessu
  • Pranu Muteddu
  • And the Dolmen Sa Coveccada and di Motorra
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