Monte Bubbonia Dolmen, Sicily (Illustration)

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by Salvatore Piccolo
published on 06 November 2017

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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 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. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7537/monte-bubbonia-dolmen-sicily/

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Piccolo, Salvatore. "Monte Bubbonia Dolmen, Sicily." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 06, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7537/monte-bubbonia-dolmen-sicily/.

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Piccolo, Salvatore. "Monte Bubbonia Dolmen, Sicily." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 06 Nov 2017. Web. 20 Apr 2021.

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