The Nuraghe Majori, located in the territory of Tempio Pausania, “is situated on a granite dome emerging on a sloping plain, in the locality of Conca Marina… The strategic position of the building and the visual control of the territory and its resources is evident when one reaches the highest part of the nuraghe, which today remains about 5 meters high… The heights surrounding the site host nuraghi and lookout and fortification structures, confirming the density and complexity of the settlement in the mountainous region of Gallura during the Bronze Age… Excavation investigations, carried out in 1986 and in 1997-98, allowed for the reconstruction of the phases of life of the nuraghe, around which a vast village extended, the traces of which can be inferred in the dense wooded cover of the surrounding area…”
Excerpts from an article by archaeologist Angela Antona, published in “I tesori dell’Archeologia,” Carlo Delfino Editore – 2011.
The photos of the nuraghe Majori are by Romano Stangherlin, Diversamente Sardi, and Bibi Pinna.
