Oniferi, Sas Concas
Oniferi, Sas Concas - © Ivo Piras

Oniferi
Sas Concas Necropolis

The Sas Concas necropolis is the largest underground Neolithic-Chalcolithic complex in Barbagia, with about twenty tombs, some arranged in groups, others isolated.

Oniferi, Sas Concas
Oniferi, Sas Concas - © Ivo Piras

The tombs have chambers, access corridors, antechambers and symbolic elements like little hollows for offerings, niches, hearths and pillars.

Oniferi, Sas Concas
Oniferi, Sas Concas - © Ivo Piras

The most important tombs are the Hemicycle Tomb and the North-West Tomb, which are embellished with symbolic and architectonic decoration.
The decoration includes numerous petroglyphs depicting stylised human figures with raised arms, arranged like anchors or candelabras, carved into the walls in an upside-down position to symbolise death or in any case some other sacred meaning.

Oniferi, domus de janas necropolis of Sas Concas
Oniferi, domus de janas necropolis of Sas Concas - CC BY-SA 3.0 Madpack, Commons Wikimedia - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Domus_de_Janas_Oniferi.jpg

Another frequent image linked to the sacred sphere is the cup, which is for the most part connected to the female divinities portrayed in many of the Sas Concas tombs but also found across the island on menhirs and baetyls.

Contact

Address:
Località Sas Concas, 08020 Oniferi NU, Italia