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A prehistoric and Greek settlement revealed by recent excavations.
Remains of huts of the Chalcolithic period, with Serraferlicchio, S. Ippolito,
and Castellucio style pottery, have been found in the area of the present cemetery
and on the San Giuliano mountain which towers over the modern town. This area
yielded important terracotta male and female figurines of the Early Bronze Age,
very probably connected with a great prehistoric sanctuary. Other discoveries
attest to the existence of a later indigenous center which from the 7th c. B.C.
established contacts with the Greek colony of Gela. Traces of this settlement,
with Corinthian, Geloan, and local imitation pottery, have been found on Monte
San Giuliano, and tombs containing vases of Geloan type with geometric decoration
have been uncovered near the present athletic field. Finally the discovery of
a 5th c. B.C. Greek antefix in the castle of Pietrarossa demonstrates the presence
of sacred buildings in Greek style at that time.
An archaeological museum contains all the material found in the last
ten years at the ancient sites in the surrounding territory, especially Sabucina,
Gibil-Gabib, Capodarso. Greek imports and colonial material predominate, thus
demonstrating the progressive Hellenization of central Sicily between the 7th
and 4th c. B.C.
P. Orlandini, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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