Archaeological site of Serraferlicchio
The site affects the crest of a hill, approx. 1 km east-west and narrow a few hundred meters, overlooking a recently urbanized neighborhood. On the summit plateau the remains of an Eneolithic village with oval huts and central hearths were found, which has returned abundant pottery characterized by…. On the eastern slope was the coeval necropolis with oven tombs. In addition, it is worth noting the presence of a natural tunnel approx. 100 meters and 0,70 meters wide with an axis coinciding with that of the hill in which pottery was found, interpreted by scholars as a natural drain of the village above. The site is eponymous with a cultural facies of the early Eneolithic period. - Eneolithic - II-II millennium BC Area of Archaeological Interest art. 142 lett. m) Legislative Decree 42/04
(Source text of survey form n.238 Landscape Plan of the Province of Agrigento - Archaeological Heritage)
Archaeological Heritage Sheets Landscape Plan of Agrigento
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