Caltagirone
Archaeological sites geolocate Bronze Neolithic
Poggio delle Pille
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Poggio delle Pille

On the hillock that dominates the mouth of the Valle del Signore occasional finds are to be attributed to the presence of a prehistoric settlement from the Late Neolithic Age. Studies conducted by Prof. F. Tomasello, University of Catania, attest to the discovery of a chamber tomb with a slightly elliptical plan and raised as a tholos probably belonging to the Bronze Age and a bell-type tholos, imitation of the models used. in the Syracusan area in the Middle Bronze Age. 
 
Bibliography: 
LAGONA S., "Archaeological research in the territory of Caltagirone", in the Historical Archive for Eastern Sicily, LXIX, fasc. II. 1973 AMORE G., "New acquisitions on the Neolithic in the territory of Caltagirone", Kokalos XXV, 1979 AMOROSO D., "Insediame…
 
Source:
  • sheet 66 Landscape Plan of the Sicily Region - Cards Sites of archaeological interest
  • http://www.sitr.regione.sicilia.it/geoviewer/
  • Guidelines of the regional landscape plan 
 

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PRESS: Well cataloged but partially geolocated. We invite you to provide your contribution by providing us with useful information that allows us to geolocate the cataloged property in detail. See also "Cultural Heritage to be Geolocated"

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 - 1.3.1: Neolithic and the birth of agriculture in Sicily

History of Sicily - 1.3.2: Religiosity and Burials in the Neolithic Period

History of Sicily - 1.3.3: Art in the Neolithic

History of Sicily - 1.3.4: Neolithic Sites List

Card insertion: Ignatius Caloggero

 

Information contributions: Ignazio Caloggero, Web 

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