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title: The Dolmen of Cava dei Servi
author: Salvatore Piccolo
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7536/the-dolmen-of-cava-dei-servi/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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# The Dolmen of Cava dei Servi

_Authored by [Salvatore Piccolo](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/salvo.piccolo59/)_

## Image File

[![The Dolmen of Cava dei Servi](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7536.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7536.jpg)

## Image Caption

The [Dolmen](https://www.worldhistory.org/dolmen/) of Cava dei Servi, a few kilometers from Modica, in [Sicily](https://www.worldhistory.org/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](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/mediterranean/) dolmen) and some splinters of Castelluccian ceramics (Early [Bronze Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Bronze_Age/)) , which confirmed the [burial](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) purpose of the artefact and legitimised dating them back to the Sicilian early [Bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/) Age (c. 2200-1450 BCE).

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## Bibliography

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

## About the Author

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.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/sal)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Piccolo, S. (2017, November 06). The Dolmen of Cava dei Servi. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7536/the-dolmen-of-cava-dei-servi/>
### Chicago
Piccolo, Salvatore. "The Dolmen of Cava dei Servi." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 06, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7536/the-dolmen-of-cava-dei-servi/>.
### MLA
Piccolo, Salvatore. "The Dolmen of Cava dei Servi." *World History Encyclopedia*, 06 Nov 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7536/the-dolmen-of-cava-dei-servi/>.

## License & Copyright

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