Bonnanaro culture

[3] M.Perra (1997) theorizes a season of conflict between the Chalcolithic natives and the groups of Beaker heritage which caused a general involution, typical of this historical phase.

[3] Bonnanaro sites, mostly burials, are scattered throughout Sardinian territory, with a higher concentration in the mining regions of Nurra and Sulcis-Iglesiente and in the Campidano.

Only four settlements of this culture are known: Su Campu Lontanu Florinas, Sa Turricula Muros, Costa Tana Bonarcado and Abiti Teti.

[5][6] About 200 human skeletons of the period show that the Bonnanaro population (phase A1) was composed mainly of dolicochepalic individuals (67%) with a minority of brachycephalics (33%), the latter concentrated in the north-western portion of the island.

Table J: qpAdm analysis of Neolithic Bronze Age groups per individual Genetic data appears to support the hypothesis of a patrilocal society.

Necklaces and ceramics from the necropolis of Is Calitas , Soleminis
Swords of the Bonnanaro culture (A2 phase) from the Hypogeum of Sant'Iroxi , Decimoputzu
Sites of the Corona Moltana phase
Sites of the Sant'Iroxi phase
Informative panel about the Bonnanaro culture. A trepanned skull is shown in the lower left
Stone wrist-guard and necklace from Cuccuru Nuraxi, Settimo San Pietro