The earthworks inwards progress this twelvemonth suggested from the really kickoff that the human presence on the acropolis of Selinunte is several millennia older than previously assumed. In fact, below the initiatory off flat of the Greek settlement, nether a natural deposit to a greater extent than than a metre deep, pottery shards of the Early Bronze Age were discovered, equally good equally testify of a Mesolithic rock manufacture (about 8000-6500 BC).
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The uncovering was announced today yesteryear archeologist Clemente Marconi who, together amongst Rosalia Pumo, leads the teams of archaeologists from New York University together with the State University of Milan who are carrying out of import excavations at the Archaeological Park of Selinunte.
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Remains of animals together with fragments of coal were besides constitute inwards association amongst the initiatory off flat of the Greek presence inwards the area, which volition travel analyzed yesteryear radiocarbon.
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"The excavations confirm that the layer inwards which the spears were constitute stuck inwards the soil at the terminate of the end movement corresponds to the oldest flat of Greek business inwards our area. The uncovering of numerous brute bones together with charcoal," continued Marconi, "should larn inwards possible to engagement this layer amongst a certainly marker of precision, thank you lot to the radiocarbon analyses that nosotros volition undertake inwards the coming weeks."
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"At present, the layer is dated, based on the pottery together with its seat inwards the stratigraphic sequence, to the founding stage of the Greek settlement. Below this initiatory off flat of Greek business the globe is clean, amongst no draw of an indigenous flat from the Early Iron Age. This year's results, similar those from the end 10 years' excavations inwards the southern sector of the large urban sanctuary, propose that when Selinunte was founded, the site had been uninhabited for many centuries."
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The focus of the archaeologists' investigations volition travel on the catamenia prior to the foundation of Selinunte yesteryear the Megarians inwards 650 BC inwards lodge to reconstruct the history of the territory inwards its entirety.
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In this context the foundations of Temple C were uncovered. "It's an exciting finding," said archeologist Clemente Marconi, "and I meet that the foundations are a fleck below soil level. This volition allow us to engagement amongst certainty the start of temple's construction, which is dedicated to Apollo, together with which ancient sources engagement dorsum to 540 BC, spell the completion of the construction is said to postulate hold taken house inwards 510 BC."
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During the excavations, which besides involve temple R, 2 to a greater extent than Fe pike heads were constitute on the flooring of the platform of temple C.
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The earthworks movement volition maintain inwards the coming weeks together with volition focus on the acropolis of the Greek city.
Source: La Repubblica [June 20, 2018] Sumber http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com
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