Museo archeologico e paleobotanico di Perfugas
Museum opened in 1988 with archaeological finds and fossil plants of the Anglona, from the Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages, run by the Sa Rundine cooperative.
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About the museum
The Museo archeologico e paleobotanico di Perfugas, known as MAP, was opened in 1988 and houses the archaeological and palaeobotanical evidence of the Anglona. The display follows a chronological order across eight sections and three thematic displays, from the Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages, and its management is entrusted to the Sa Rundine cooperative.
The palaeobotanical section presents plant fossils from the petrified forests of the Anglona, formed about 18 million years ago through the intense volcanic activity of the area. This is followed by the Palaeolithic section with the oldest stone artefacts found in Sardinia, dating to about 450,000 years ago, and then the routes devoted to the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Eneolithic and Nuragic civilisation, with pottery, stone tools, daggers and bronze fibulae.
Among the best-known pieces are the statuette of the Mother Goddess with child, found at Sos Badulesos, and a head of a Nuragic warrior in white limestone. One display is dedicated to the sacred world of water, with the sacred well of Predio Canopoli, while the Classical and medieval sections document relations with the Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Romans and the majolica of various churches in the area. The last room presents, in fourteen display cases, the results of research carried out since 1978 in the twelve towns of the Anglona.
Highlights
- Plant fossils from the petrified forests of the Anglona (about 18 million years old)
- Oldest stone artefacts in Sardinia, about 450,000 years old
- Statuette of the Mother Goddess with child
- Head of a Nuragic warrior and dagger with a gamma-shaped hilt
- Display on the sacred well of Predio Canopoli
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso archeologico e paleobotanico dell’Anglona – Eight chronological sections and three thematic displays, from palaeobotany to the Middle Ages, with the room “Il territorio, l’uomo, la memoria”.
- Founded
- 1988
- Operated by
- Comune di Perfugas (gestione Sa Rundine società cooperativa)
- Visitors per year
- approx. 2,861
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | The museum is part of an urban route in Perfugas together with the sacred well of Predio Canopoli, with visits organised by the Sa Rundine cooperative. For guided visits and educational workshops, you can contact the museum. |
