The objects of the archaeological Museum of Dorgali, founded in the its territory, dated between the final time of the Neolitic (3000 b.c.) and the Middle Ages, are the documentation of the different activities and the cultural customs of the people living in this area.

In the prenuragic time (3000 b.c.) we can see the reutilization of the coastal cave “Bue Marino” and the 54, mainly monocellular, “domus de janas” (underground tombs in hollowed-out rocks).

The villages in the southern mountains are few and small, the opposite of the northern centre where they are bigger and in greater number;this is due to the fact that the land was more suitable for agricolture, to the extract clay and for the metallurgical industry. Among these villages, the one of “Serra Orrios” is specially interesting.

Proof of presence of Romans can be found along the coast evidenced by wrecks under water, and also in the inland parts of the isle.

Characteristic for the Middle Ages is the use of caves and shelters as tombs and burials.

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