Nuraghi su građeni u neodređenoj epohi (ne prije [[6. milenij pr. Kr.]]), i iako neki do njih datiraju iz oko [[3500. pr. Kr.]], najveći broj je podignut od sredine do kraja [[Brončano doba|brončanog doba]] ([[18. stoljeće pr. Kr.|18.]]-[[15. stoljeće pr. Kr.|15. stoljeća pr. Kr.]]). Većina se kontinuirano koristila dok Sardinija nija ušla u sastav [[Rimska Republika|Rima]] ([[2. stoljeće pr. Kr.]]).
The nuraghes were built in an undetermined epoch (not earlier than the [[6th millennium BC]]). Although some of them have been dated to [[3500 BC]], most are thought to have been built between the middle of the [[Bronze Age]] ([[18th century BC|18th]]-[[15th century BC|15th]] centuries BC) and the [[Late Bronze Age]]. Many were in continuous use from their erection until [[Roman Republic|Rome]] entered Sardinia in the ([[2nd century BC]]). The uncertainty in dating the nuraghes is noticeable when comparing Sardinian chronologies.
AccordingPrema toMassimu Massimo PallottinoPallottinu, astrućnjaku scholarza of[[Etruščani|etrursku]] Sardiniani prehistorysardinsku and an Etruscologistprapovijest, thearhitektura architecturenuraghi producedcivilizacije byje thebila nuragicnajnaprednija civilizationod wassvih theu mostzapadnom advanced[[Sredozemno of any civilization in the western Mediterranean during this epochmore|Sredozemlju]], includinguključujući thosei inone the regions ofu [[Magna Graecia|Magna Greciji]].<ref>Massimo Pallottino, ''La Sardegna Nuragica'' (Edizioni del Gremio, 1950).</ref> Of the 8,000 extant nuraghes, only a few have been scientifically excavated. Interest in Sardinian archaeology has been minimal, except for the [[black market]] trade in bronze statues.
