The village of Su Coddu (the hill) is one of the best-known and most interesting Sardinian pre-Nuragic settlements (c. 3,500 to 2800 B.C.) both in terms of its size and the lithic, metal, and ceramic materials found numerous during archaeological excavations. It consists of numerous settlement structures without masonry and interpreted as huts, wells, silos, hearths and burials. The basement huts had a wooden frame roof resting on the ground, evidenced by the discovery of post holes. Water was supplied through wells, made in staggered rings and tapered at the bottom. Ritual use related to Mother Goddess worship is also suggested for some of these structures, as two female cruciform plaque figurines found fragmentary in a hut seem to indicate.
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