Latomie of Plemmirio
Traces of a Neolithic village subjected to archaeological constraints.
Stentinello Location near Syracuse. From a Neolithic station found here it takes the name of the culture of S. a culture widespread in eastern Sicily in the 5th millennium BC and characterized by villages of huts at ground level, surrounded by protective trenches, having in the inner margin surrounded by dry stone walls . There are siliceous or obsidian blades, arrowheads and ceramics belonging to various categories. The thick-walled one decorated by impression is typical, with vertical distribution of generally geometric elements. (Source text Encyclopedia Treccani)
Bibliography and in-depth documents:
100) FIRST SICILY - AT THE ORIGINS OF SICILIAN SOCIETY - volume first edited by Sebastiano Tusa Palermo 1997.
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