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The Dolmen of Cava dei Servi, a few kilometers from Modica, in Sicily. It is a semi-oval monument formed by four rectangular slabs fixed into the ground and three slabs on top, leaning in such a way they reduce the surface and form a false dome. Two large parallel-piped boulders complete the construction. Inside of it, found by the author, were human bone fragments (the only organic clues so far found inside a Mediterranean dolmen) and some splinters of Castelluccian ceramics (Early Bronze Age) , which confirmed the burial purpose of the artefact and legitimised dating them back to the Sicilian early Bronze Age (c. 2200-1450 BCE).
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References
- Salvatore Piccolo. Ancient Stones: The Prehistoric Dolmens of Sicily. UK: Thornam/Norfolk, 2013
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Piccolo, S. (2017, November 06). The Dolmen of Cava dei Servi. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7536/the-dolmen-of-cava-dei-servi/
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Piccolo, Salvatore. "The Dolmen of Cava dei Servi." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 06, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7536/the-dolmen-of-cava-dei-servi/.
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Piccolo, Salvatore. "The Dolmen of Cava dei Servi." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 06 Nov 2017. Web. 16 Apr 2024.
