[2] The presence of a significant layer of ash, found in the excavations, has led to the conclusion that in Roman times the site suffered a serious fire that devastated it completely.

[3] The various excavation campaigns, started in 1909 by Antonio Taramelli, extracted objects such as stylized nuraghes, bronze and stone bull protomes, votive weapons, fragments of lamps and numerous ex-voto mostly in bronze consisting of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines and models of everyday objects[1] as well as other important findings that testify the relationships the Nuragics had with the Etruria, Phoenicia and Cyprus.

[4][3] The discovery of objects and coins of various mints highlight the continuity in use of the site in the subsequent Punic, Roman, Byzantine and medieval periods.

However, when his plan was published in 1931, due to the graphic format of the volume, a large empty portion of land between the enclosure of the feasts and the group of houses and the curia was eliminated.

[9] (Taramelli number 2 - 4) Near the western edge of the site, close the church of Santa Vittoria, the remains of a nuragic tower are found.

It was built with rows of basalt blocks and has an external diameter of about 7.5 metres (25 ft) with slits splayed inwards and dates to the recent Bronze Age (1300-1220 BC).

[3] On the ruins of this complex, a staircase of white limestone slabs was erected in Roman times which led to a small building, rectangular on the outside and almost circular inside, built in masonry with cocciopesto (Opus signinum) floor and tiled roof.

The well temple was erected with isodomic masonry,[10] with regular rows of well-squared blocks of basalt and limestone that give a two-tone effect.

The sacred water collects in a basin with a rounded bottom at the base of the well through special holes in the wall that allow rainwater to filter through.

Near the staircase there was a rectangular altar with a concavity equipped with a drain hole, which in turn gave onto a transverse channel which allowed the outflow of the liquids produced by the sacrifices without mixing them with the sacred waters of the well.

[3] The practice of ordeal[11] and the treatment of infirmities (sanatio) in the Sardinian water sources, confirmed by the presence of many ex-votos, is mentioned by Gaius Julius Solinus who, in the 3rd century AD, reports that «springs, hot and wholesome, well up in many places.

If a man falsely denies perfidy, his crime is revealed by blindness; captured by his eyes, he is driven to confess.»[12] (Taramelli number 7) It is a building of rectangular shape 5.80 by 4.80 metres (19.0 by 15.7 ft) oriented N-S with a structure of basalt blocks of squared isodome masonry and probable access from the south.

[3] Here were also found the probable remains of an Etruscan necklace consisting of elements of amber with a rectangular outline and an oval section, decorated with transverse ribs ascribed to the Final Bronze, around the beginning of the ninth century BC.

Also of Etruscan origin were a double-foil silver disc adorned with studs, attributed to the period 700-675 BC and possibly a ciborium cover or a reproduction of a miniature shield, and several bronze sheet vases, reduced to fragments by the fire that devastated the site in Roman times.

[3] (Taramelli number 8) Located immediately south of the hypetral temple it is a circular construction with an external diameter of about 8 metres (26 ft) and a wall made of basalt blocks.

The excavations have highlighted a significant presence in the Nuragic period revealed by pottery, bronze fragments of swords, rings, a bracelet and figurines.

This structure is thought to be the place where pilgrims celebrated the local deity, with festivities that lasted for some days and attracted people living nearby.

It is thought that the most powerful clans of the Nuragic populations living in central Sardinia met in federal assemblies, to consecrate alliances or to decide wars.

The archaeologist Giovanni Lilliu assumed that the enclosure of the feasts was the predecessor of one of those complexes called muristenes or cumbessias in Sardinian language, which host pilgrims gathered for the festivities.

The excavations found remains of meals eaten by gathered pilgrims, made up of «large quantities of animal bones, mostly ox, sheep and pork», a layer of debris from the roof,[14] and many household utensils.

The excavation highlighted the presence of remains of stone slabs that presumably constituted the roof covering, originally supported by a wooden beam structure.

Slag of copper and lead smelting and layers of ash were found here, which made Taramelli presume it was a foundry for the production of weapons and votive objects.

According to Taramelli this axe could constitute a sacred element to which animals were sacrificed, and indeed several bones were found on the spot (cattle, pigs, game and shellfish).

A base at the bottom of the hut supported a "double baetylus" (now preserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari) which gives the building its name.

It consists of a limestone cippus, about 1 metre (3.3 ft) high, made up of two small columns joined by a raised band representing a model of nuraghe used as an altar.

At a height of about 3 metres (9.8 ft) ran a shelf made of white limestone slabs of which only a small number remains in place since most of them were used for the construction of tombs of the Roman era.

[3] At the westernmost point of the nuragic complex stands the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria (Saint Mary of the Victory) which gives its name to the entire site.

[11] The festivities of Santa Vittoria occur on 11 September, a date linked to the renewal of agricultural and pastoral contracts in which a procession is held up to the church.

[15] The first excavation was personally conducted in 1909-1910 by Taramelli with the collaboration of Filippo Nissardi, an archaeologist from Cagliari, and the inspector of the prehistoric and ethnographic museum of Rome Raffaele Pettazzoni.

It is worth mentioning a violin bow fibula in foliated bronze, a double silver foil disc, necklaces composed of amber and glass paste elements, vases in bronze foil of Etruscan origin and in particular a decorated cylindrical torch holder composed of three floral corollas of Phoenician origin from Cyprus dating from the late 8th - first half of the 7th century BC.