The protohistorical cemetery of contrada Cugno Case Vecchie (Canicattini Bagni - SR)

• Main Author: Santino Alessandro Cugno
• Format: Article
• Language: Italian
• Published: University of Bologna 2011-12-01
• Series: IpoTESI di Preistoria
• Subjects: Sicilia; Canicattini Bagni; Castelluccio; Necropoli protostorica; Tombe a grotticella artificiale; Tombe a pilastri
• Online Access: http://ipotesidipreistoria.unibo.it/article/view/2450

The district of Cugno Case Vecchie is located about 3 km in the north-west of the modern town of Canicattini Bagni, in the province of Siracusa. This territory has been occupied from Prehistory to the present day because of the abundant presence of raw materials and water courses and its strategic location along the ancient Via Acrense. In Cugno Case Vecchie, in fact, is located a small necropolis of the Early Bronze Age, a second cemetery dating to the Late Bronze Age and a rocky settlement of Late antiquity and Medieval Age, populated in later times by shepherds and farmers. The purpose of this article is to present the first results of a survey conducted in September 2008 during which two tombs with pseudo-pillars and one tomb with pilasters dating XVIII century A.D. were found.