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"The archaeological site of Nuraghe Losa has been subject of several excavations since the late nineteenth century and throughout the course of the twentieth century.

It has not been fully brought to light, but have been particularly highlighted the megalithic structures of Nuraghic period. Remain to be investigated the original cluster of houses in nuragic style together as those built over the older ones in later periods. The core prehistoric structures is formed by a tholos nuraghe of complex type, with a trefoil plan, which stands on the higher part. The Nuraghe is divided into a main cone tower around which are placed three smaller towers connected by curtain walls in a concave-convex contour.

Unlike other nuraghi with a complex structure, the Nuraghe Losa doesn't have a court the court, which is the internal open space connecting the roomso. The Nuraghe opens outside on two raised entrances on the survey floor: the main south-east one, enters directly in the room of the central tower through a corridor, which that connects the rooms with the two other rooms of the lateral towers; the other secondary entrance is located in the north, in the room of the back tower which is connected individually through a ladder to the summit of the Nuraghe.

Among the internal chambers, the central one is characterized by its amplitude. It preserves the tholos (false dome) and is equipped with three niches in the walls. A staircase, created from the walls of the central tower rises in a spiral shape, connecting this room with the top one and with the top of the tower itself.

Outside, the Nuraghe is connected on one side to a path of rampart equipped with towers. In front of the main entrance of the Nuraghe there is a large circular building with two entrances and two niches. The area of the settlement,which extends for three and a half acres, is completely enclosed by massive walls and towers,with some doors and small towers.

The evidence discovered up to now allow us to assign the most ancient stages of life of the complex at the end of Middle Bronze and Late Bronze (XIII-XIV century BC.). To the Late Bronze Age (XII-X centuries BC.) and the early Iron Age (IX-VIII century BC.) we date a quantity of pottery and bronze evidence, as to indicate a busy traffic areas. The site has been occupied in historic times: the late Punic period (IV-III century BC.) Republican Roman period (II-I century BC.), the Roman Imperial era (I-III century AD), the late Roman period (IV-V century AD.) until the Byzantine age (Â VI-VIII century AD.).