Dolmen on Monte Bubbonia
The dolmen on Monte Bubbonia is located on the eastern slope of the 595 m high hill in the north of the city of Gela in the Caltanissetta Free Community Consortium in Sicily .
description
The rectangular dolmen consists of unprocessed 35–40 cm thick limestone blocks . The capstone that has been preserved rests on two parallel megaliths, which form a chamber of around 2.6 m² (2.2 m × 1.2 m), which is one meter high inside.
The entrance is in the northeast and thus follows the same orientation as the other Sicilian dolmens. A little further down the slope is a stone that probably formed the locking plate. The chamber resembles the megalithic complexes found in Sardinia and Apulia .
The dolmen dates from the Bronze Age , around 850–700 BC. Chr. Paolo Orsi found a boccaletto (German: small jug) with faint traces of a decoration from the 7th century BC. Chr.
context
The seven dolmens of Sicily attracted the interest of Italian scholars at an early stage, although they did not attract international attention. Their distribution area is in the southeast of the island, while the western part between Termini Imerese and Sciacca has only two megalithic systems . At the beginning of the 20th century, Paolo Orsi (1859–1935) carried out the first excavations. He found a settlement on the summit that had been colonized from Gela in the 6th century. Piero Orlandini identified it as the ancient city of Maktorion or Mactorium mentioned by Herodotus (VII 153).
literature
- Salvatore Piccolo: Ancient Stones: The Prehistoric Dolmens of Sicily . Brazen Head Publishing, Abingdon 2013. ISBN 978-0-9565106-2-4 p. 9
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Coordinates: 37 ° 11 '27.4 " N , 14 ° 13' 58" E