History of the excavations Giants of Mont'e Prama

giant head monte prama

at beginning of every sowing season 2 finders noticed fragments of previous year had considerably diminished, because removed people aware of historical value or employed building material. land’s owner, giovanni corrias, in front of pile of stones , earth bearing remains of giant’s head, realized sisinnio poddi, head belonged statue. corrias informed archaeologist giuseppe pau (oristano), in turn alerted superintendence of cultural heritage cagliari , oristano.

during stages of discovery, archaeologist giuseppe atzori insistently pointed out authorities failure fence site. @ center restoration , conservation of li punti (sassari) of sculptures without head , cause lies in fact site unattended , plundered long time. looting focused on best parts of sculptures, principally head enigmatic eyes. later area purchased , excavation campaigns began.

according archaeologist marco rendeli, history of researches fragmented , defective , involves several archaeologists. of them performed short-term excavations (atzori, 1974; pau 1977), other researchers later carried out programmed investigations (bedini 1975; lilliu, tore, atzeni 1977; ferrarese ceruti-tronchetti 1977).

archer, decorative chevron (zig-zag) patterns , brassard in relief.