The necropolis, thought to be a product of the
Neolithic Arzachena culture and dating from the second half of the fourth millennium BC, is composed of five stone
cists. Four of the cists are surrounded by
stone circles that originally marked the limits of the
mound of earth and rubble that was erected over the burial. Bodies were interred inside the cists, probably individually (unlike in the rest of Sardinia where the graves were usually collective). The dead were accompanied by
grave goods including pottery, stone vessels, hatchets and beads necklace of
steatite and
gemstones. The architecture of the necropolis shows strong similarities with contemporary sites of
Corsica,
Provence and the
Pyrenees. The necropolis forms part of the Arzachena Archaeological Park along with two other antiquities: the
Nuraghe Albucciu and the
Giants' grave of Coddu Vecchiu. ==References==