Archeolodida

Kalat summer camps

The camp's activities will consist in:

Survey

The survey activity will be continued, which means an archaeological field research which goal is the detection and mapping of the archaeological sites in the territory of Campobello, and which also aims to the mapping of historical paths of the area in order to create touristical itineraries. The activities of the past years have already allowed the detection of more than 160 archaeological sites, from the neolithic to the byzantin and arabic period.

Among the most important findings:

  1. Tree Fountains, a rare fortificated site from the Byzantin age, with high walls and trenches, prehistorical traces and tombs from the late Roman age.
  2. Milici, an area rich of ceramic fragments which can be dated from the Hellenistic period to the Medieval one, with wall structures still "in situ", presenting fragments of plaster.
  3. Ciccobriglio, a wide Bronze Age necropoli.
  4. The district of "Iachinu Filì".

Valorisation of the Bronze Age necropoli

The district of "Iachinu Filì" is one of the more characteristical agricol areas in Campobello di Licata's territory. During the recent archaeological researches, numerous Bronze Age sites (XXII-XVIth century B.C.) have been individualised, and especially an evocative necropoli, with numerous tombs "a grotticella" ("little grotto"), of which some have been reused during the byzantine period.

The area is inserted in a context of small and typical rural constructions, and traditional cultures. The valorisation of the area, to which tens of italians and foreign volunteers have collaborated, has been realized using local, natural and reversible materials.

In this area has been created the "Parco Antico di Iachinu Filì". This year, the cleaning of the cortical layer will be proceeded, for a better comprehension of the possible existing tomb complex.