Colle Madore
Town and necropolis of the Greek age (Text source: Guidelines of the regional landscape plan)
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Colle Madore, 779 m.
On the hill, several excavation campaigns have brought to light the housing structures of an indigenous settlement dating back to the XNUMXth century. BC and due to a violent destruction, abandoned in the fifth century. d. C. Underlying them were found traces of a frequentation dating back to the Age of
Ancient bronze with ceramics from the Rodì-Vallelunga Ciavolaro facies. F ° 259 III SE Lercara Friddi; UTM: UB78477891, Altitude: 779 m. VASSALLO S., 1999; GIORDANO P., VALENTINO M., 2004.
Colle Madore, 2.
At the foot of the southern slope of the hill there are clay fragments dating back to the final Bronze Age. F ° 259 III SE Lercara Friddi; UTM: UB78347869, Altitude: 600 m. VASSALLO S., 1999; GIORDANO P., VALENTINO M., 2004.
Colle Madore, 3.
Almost a hundred meters from the previous site we note the emergence of clay fragments dating back to the late Bronze Age, not specifying the culture. F ° 259 III SE Lercara Friddi; UTM: UB78417867, Altitude: 600 m. VASSALLO S., 1999; GIORDANO P., VALENTINO M., 2004
(Text source: Giovanni Mannino: Guide to the Prehistory of Palermo - List of prehistoric sites in the province of Palermo - Sicilian Institute for Political and Economic Studies)
Bronze?
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