Necropolis of Pranu Muttedu

The necropolis of Pranu Muttedu is one of the most important funerary areas of pre-Nuragic Sardinia and is located near Goni, a small village in the province of South Sardinia. The complex has the highest known concentration of menhirs and megaliths in Sardinia (about sixty, variously distributed in pairs, groups or arrays), two megalithic tombs and a Domus de Janas surrounded by stone circles.

Necropolis of Pranu Muttedu

Necropolis of Pranu Muttedu
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Location	Goni, Sardinia, Italy
Region	Sardinia
Coordinates	39°34′03.49″N 9°16′04.79″E
Type	Necropolis
History
Cultures	Pre-Nuragic Sardinia
Site notes
Management	Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici per le province di Cagliari e Oristano
Public access	Yes
Website	http://www.pranumuttedu.com/
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sardinia – The domus de janas
Criteria	Cultural: iii
Reference	1730-026
Inscription	2025 (47th Session)

The complex has been excavated by Enrico Atzeni, on several occasions since 1980. The site was used from the Late Neolithic period (Ozieri culture) to the early Copper Age.

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Bibliography

• G. Lilliu, La civiltà dei Sardi dal paleolitico all'età dei nuraghi, Torino, Nuova ERI, 1988;
• E. Atzeni-D. Cocco, Nota sulla necropoli megalitica di Pranu Muttedu-Goni, in La Cultura di Ozieri. Problematiche e nuove acquisizioni, Ozieri, Il Torchietto, 1989, pp. 201–216.
• Goni, Menhir e sepolture megalitiche di Pranu Muttedu