Contrada Castellito

Roman villa with mosaic flooring. In 1978 two rooms with a mosaic floor with geometric decoration and a wall structure were brought to light, the trend of which suggested that of a private spa system. From October 1995 to February 1996 other rooms were found, equipped with mosaic flooring, articulated around a central courtyard, and a thermal complex with calidarium, tepidarium, praefurnium. The architectural complex, given its location close to the Roman road Catania‐
Agrigento, could be identified in the Massa Capitoniana, first statio from Catania.

Ceramics from Bell C to Sigillata clear II BC-II AD

Bibliography:

ALBANESE RM, PROCELLI E., “Ramacca (Catania) - Excavation tests in the Castellito and Montagna districts in the years 1978,1981, 1982 and 1988”, in NSAXLII ‐ XLIII 89‐XNUMX, Suppl. I PATANE 'A., BUSCEMI FELICI G. , "Excavations and researches in Catania, Licodia Eubea, Grammichele,

Site subject to archaeological restrictions

Source:

sheet 286 Landscape Plan of the Sicily Region - Cards Sites of archaeological interest
sheet 548 Landscape Plan of the Region of Sicily - Cards Archaeological sites bound
http://www.sitr.regione.sicilia.it/geoviewer/
Guidelines of the regional landscape plan

The site is also known by the name of Stimpato 8 and has allowed the discovery of traces dating back to the lower Paleolithic (see 100. page 87)

In-depth documents:

Bibliography and in-depth documents:

198) D. Petruso - V. Forgia - L. Sineo: The human population of Sicily: an interdisciplinary review in the Archive for Anthropology and Ethnology - Vol. CXLIV (2014)

Download file: SINEO et al

199) Various authors: Discovery of the Lower Paleolithic in Eastern Sicily - (1976) Article in Natura · January 1976

Download file: DiscoveryPaleolithicInferior_SicilyOrientale-complete

200) Gioconda La Magna (edited by) Between Etna and Simeto - Archaeological research in Adrano and its territory - Proceedings of the study meeting for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Adrano Museum Adrano, 8 June 2005 - Library of the Regional Province of Catania 2009

Download file: The_Neolithic_in_Valle_del_Simeto

Bibliography and in-depth documents:

100) FIRST SICILY - AT THE ORIGINS OF SICILIAN SOCIETY - volume first edited by Sebastiano Tusa Palermo 1997.

Ignazio Caloggero: Sicily between History, Myths and Legends. Vol. 1: From Prehistory to the Phoenicians. First edition 2018 - Revised and updated edition of 2022

History of Sicily - 1.2. Paleolithic and Mesolithic:

History of Sicily - 1.2.1: Religious sentiments and burials in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic

History of Sicily - 1.2.2: Art in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic

History of Sicily - 1.2.3: Archaeological sites of the Sicilian Paleolithic and Mesolithic

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Information contributions: Ignazio Caloggero, Web

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