Colle Pistasale (Priverno)

Colle Pistasale (Priverno)

Settlement
Chronology: MBA 1/2
UTM WGS84 33N: 348083E 4588016N

In 1986, some impasto sherds from the top of the Colle Pistasale were published by M. Cancellieri (1986). The sherds can be dated to the MBA 1 or 2 sub-phases (Anastasia 2007; Belardelli & Pascucci 1996).

Pottery sherds from Colle Pistasale (after Cancellieri 1986)
Pottery sherds from Colle Pistasale (after Cancellieri 1986)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Anastasia, C., 2007. L’evoluzione dell'insediamento nelle valli dell'Amaseno e dell'Ufente nell'età del Bronzo e del Ferro, in , 877–81
Cancellieri, M., 1986. Le vie d’acqua dell’area pontina, Archeologia Laziale VII, 143–56
Belardelli, C. & P. Pascucci, 1996. Repertorio dei siti protostorici del Lazio. Province di Rieti e di Latina. Roma

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The southern island

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