Nuragic tombs of Sa Sedda ‘and Sa Caudela

The two Nuragic megalithic tombs built in the middle Bronze Age are on a knoll at the foot of the Su Pranu Mannu plateau, under the spur the Sartarò nuraghe stands on.
The tombs of Sa Sedda ‘and Sa Caudela speak of a civilisation in which all community members had access to a burial, including children. Archaeological and anthropological investigations confirmed that at least 103 bodies are buried in Tomb A and 239 in Tomb B.
Both tombs have a funeral tunnel like a classical “Giant’s Tomb” but they are partly underground, with no outside wall, exedra or arched stele. Clearly unconventional, this kind of Nuragic megalithic burial is comparatively widespread in southern Sardinia.
The southern tomb, marked as Tomb A, is probably older than the northern Tomb, known as Tomb B. The larger size of the second tomb might be due to an increase in the population of the community. Tomb A is a classic example of an allée couverte in the style of a dolmen. Tomb B looks east and has a typically Nuragic layout, with the projecting walls formed by horizontal rows of polyhedral basalt blocks.
Outside the burial, seemingly unrelated to the layout of the tomb, is a trapezoidal cista or box-like tomb that contained more human remains.