Necropolis of Li Muri

The Necropolis of Li Muri is an archaeological site located in the municipality of Arzachena, Sardinia [1]. The necropolis, thought to be a product of the Neolithic Arzachena culture and dating from the second half of the fourth millennium BC, is composed of five stone cists [1]. Four of the cists are surrounded by stone circles that originally marked the limits of the mound of earth and rubble that was erected over the burial [1]. Bodies were interred inside the cists, probably individually (unlike in the rest of Sardinia where the graves were usually collective) [1]. The dead were accompanied by grave goods including pottery, stone vessels, hatchets and beads necklace of steatite and gemstones [1]. The architecture of the necropolis shows strong similarities with contemporary sites of Corsica, Provence and the Pyrenees [1]. The necropolis forms part of the Arzachena Archaeological Park along with two other antiquities: the Nuraghe Albucciu and the Giants' grave of Coddu Vecchiu [1].