Costa Mendola archaeological site
Frequent area in prehistoric times; remains of the Hellenistic and late Roman periods. (A2.5)
Description
On the plateau north of the quarry, lithic tools in flint, obsidian and basalt were collected on the surface, typologically framed in the initial phases of the Copper Age. However, no traces of prehistoric settlement are known. Ancient niches carved into the rock along the walls of the quarry are evidence of visits in the Hellenistic and late Roman periods
Bibliographic sources
Vallet G.- Voza G., From the Neolithic to the industrial era in the territory from Augusta to Syracuse, 1984, pp. 40-41; Russo I.-Gianino P.-Lanteri R., Augusta and neighboring territories, I, Prehistory, From the Upper Palaeolithic to the pre-colonization, “ArchStorSir”, suppl. 5, 1996, pp. 117-118; Lanteri R., Augusta and its territory, elements for an archaeological map, 1997, p.72; Guidelines 1999, Map of archaeological sites, n. 221.
Area of archaeological interest, art. 142 letter m) Legislative Decree 42/04
(Source text of survey form n.33 Landscape Plan of the Province of Syracuse - Archaeological Heritage)
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Archaeological Heritage Sheets Landscape Plan of Syracuse
Bibliography and further 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
Ignazio Caloggero:
History of Sicily - 1.4.1: The development of metallurgy
History of Sicily - 1.4.2: Social and cultural development
History of Sicily - 1.4.3: Burials during the Metal Age
History of Sicily - 1.4.4: Religious sentiments during the metal age
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Information contributions: Web, Region of Sicily
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