Archaeological culture · c. 1800–238 BCE (some traditions lasted longer)
Nuragic civilisation
On Sardinia, the Nuragic civilisation built more than seven thousand stone towers called nuraghi, as well as holy wells and small bronze figurines. It began in the Middle Bronze Age, around the 18th century BCE, and lasted into the Iron Age.
Carthaginian armies arrived in the 6th century BCE and Rome took the island in 238 BCE, though some scholars think Nuragic ways survived much longer in the mountains.
See Nuragic civilisation on the map in 1800 BCE
- On the map
- 1800–238 BCE
How we know
The Nuragic people left no readable writing of their own; dates come from excavation and radiocarbon, and later Greek and Roman writers add only a little.
Sites
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini tower 17th–13th century BCE; village to the 6th century BCE