Monte Bubbonia Dolmen, Sicily

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Salvatore Piccolo
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Monte Bubbonia Dolmen, Sicily

The Dolmen of Monte Bubbonia, on a majestic hill north of Gela town, Sicily. It is a dolmen made of colossal splinters of rock, with no significant modifications, rectangular in shape. The original architectural idea was a small chamber tomb, with the back wall placed against the natural slope of the ground to facilitate burial. The entrance follows the same astronomical orientation (northeast) of all the Sicilian dolmen.

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Salvatore Piccolo
Salvatore Piccolo
Salvatore Piccolo is an archaeologist. His excavations include the dolmens of Sicily where in "Cava dei Servi", he found human remains and ceramic fragments that have unravelled the mystery of the function and chronology of Mediterranean dolmens.

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  • Salvatore Piccolo. Ancient Stones: The Prehistoric Dolmens of Sicily. UK: Thornam/Norfolk, 2013

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Piccolo, S. (2017, November 06). Monte Bubbonia Dolmen, Sicily. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/7537/

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Piccolo, Salvatore. "Monte Bubbonia Dolmen, Sicily." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 06, 2017. https://www.ancient.eu/image/7537/.

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Piccolo, Salvatore. "Monte Bubbonia Dolmen, Sicily." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 06 Nov 2017. Web. 07 Jul 2020.

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