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Tumulo funerario (en)
Route: Naturalistico/archeologico
Tumulo funerario (en)


The mound #7, rediscovered in an area that includes at least another hundred burial mounds, between the coasts of Pescoluse and Torre Pali, is an important archaeological discovery. It looks like a pile of stones on an area of ​​200 square meters in a trapezoidal plan. On the east side is a stone cist of a rectangular form that, in the moment of discovery, showed three vessels with incineration. A thick layer of ground separated these three burials from at least 50 other entombed individuals. In the area overlooking the stone cist, burned stones were found, all referable to a small altar where fire was ignited for ritual purposes. The monument seems bordered on the south side by a sort of wall consisted of an oblique row of large boulders about 14 m long and interrupted by the road. On this side of the wall, also interrupted by the road, is a surface with stones of about 50 square meters, in which is a circular cultic hole bordered by eight plates containing scorched earth and broken vase almost in half. At about 1 m from this and against the wall in axis with the cist, a quadrangular structure whose filling was composed of stones, earth and bone remains. From a carbon sample, they date back to 2930-2750 BC. At the center of the mound a combustion structure was found, full of earth and burnt bones, probably used for cremating the individuals, to whom the remains collected in the three vessels at the base of the cist could belong to.
Località Montani, Salve

constraints:
Vincolo Archeologico

bibliography sources:
AA.VV., L'orizzonte culturale del III millennio a.C: Il tumulo 7 di Salve (Lecce), in Origini XXXII: Nuova serie IV 2010,pp. 203-258

historical information:
In the third millennium BC, Eneolithic communities living in the territory of Salve built monuments made of earth and stones that they used as a place of worship and burial. Over 90 gravestones were discovered in the whole area, some of which are defined as burial mounds, others like worshiping monuments. The discovery of the mound #7 of Salve has brought interesting news since this monument is apparently characterized by two different uses, that interacted with each other and which correspond, one to the treatment of the bodies, the other probably as an area of cultic value. This suggests that the funerary monument, represented by the cist and the rear combustion structure which was added later, giving continuity to the cultic use of the area that had to be already known for its sacred vocation. The coexistence of the two rites: burial and cremation- is undoubtedly of great interest-which refers to the complexity of the funerary practices of the third millennium.
Info
property:
Private
managing body:
L'associazione Archès ha una convenzione col proprietario per visite guidate all'interno.
contact person:
Associazione Arches
cellphone number:
3278410214
website:
www.associazionearches.it
opening hours:
Open
accessibility:
Accessible
services:
Guided tours on reservation
constraints:
Vincolo Archeologico
conservation:
Good
period of construction:
IV - III millennium a. C.
origin of place-name:
The site is named after the family that owned the area.
historical information:
In the third millennium BC, Eneolithic communities living in the territory of Salve built monuments made of earth and stones that they used as a place of worship and burial. Over 90 gravestones were discovered in the whole area, some of which are defined as burial mounds, others like worshiping monuments. The discovery of the mound #7 of Salve has brought interesting news since this monument is apparently characterized by two different uses, that interacted with each other and which correspond, one to the treatment of the bodies, the other probably as an area of cultic value. This suggests that the funerary monument, represented by the cist and the rear combustion structure which was added later, giving continuity to the cultic use of the area that had to be already known for its sacred vocation. The coexistence of the two rites: burial and cremation- is undoubtedly of great interest-which refers to the complexity of the funerary practices of the third millennium.
bibliography sources:
AA.VV., L'orizzonte culturale del III millennio a.C: Il tumulo 7 di Salve (Lecce), in Origini XXXII: Nuova serie IV 2010,pp. 203-258
num gps:
193
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