Archaeological site of Monte Tabuto
LOCATION:
Mount Tabuto - Ragusa
DATING:
(XNUMXst Bronze Age Castelluccian Age XIX - XIV century BC)
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
Discovered in 1884 during the construction of the Annunziata-Cannicarao road and explored by the archaeologist Paolo Orsi. It is one of the first evidence of settlement in which a work specialization is highlighted (in this case flint extraction). In Monte Tabuto, about ten caves-mines have been identified for the extraction of flint, produced in series and exported to most of Sicily. Some of the mines, once abandoned, were used as collective graves for the numerous deaths that occurred among the miners forced to work in inhumane conditions
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Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Audio Sheet: Ignazio Caloggero
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