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Whoever decides to read this work on prehistoric dolmens in south-east Sicily probably has some notions regarding prehistory, especially the Bronze Age, though may not know the characteristics of the author?s specific investigations in detail. In fact the research deals with monuments that are little known in Sicily but better accredited to other areas of Europe and the Mediterranean.
Salvatore Piccolo set himself to explain the dolmen phenomena in Europe in the prehistoric Megalithic context, reaching a finely detailed description of the ancient stones to be found in the south-east of the island of Sicily.
It presents a lot of new material, much of it the work of the author himself.
Piccolo presents an updated map of their distribution in Sicily: a little number are found in western
island, but the major concentrations are in eastern, and the author argues that there was at least many migration of northern people into Sicily. This volume highlights one thing, a greater understanding on the human travel in the course of the centuries. The attractively produced book is a very welcome addition to the literature on bronze Age in Sicily.
The greatest among its many strengths is the author's demonstration how some monuments, not considered till all of time, can be investigated through close examination of specific archaeological evidence and how such an investigation can help us understand what life was like for people who lived in the past.
The anthropological remains and ceramic fragments, found by the author in one of these sites, are the most significant features: they show tombal characteristics of these small monuments and their dating to the end of the 3rd and the first half of the 2nd millennium B.C.
We need more like this!
Anthony B. (Archaeologist)
Platon
Sep 15, 2013
The Stones of Memory
In Sicily, the author and scholar Salvatore Piccolo has recognized some dolmens opening up to discussion about the migration of the ancient populations in the old continent. Expecially, he focused on disappearance of Tarxien civilization (Malta), around 2.500 BC. The author's own case studies prove that the new bronze age immigrants, which introduced smaller megalithic structures shaped "dolmens", arrived from Sicily, because of the similarity of Maltese dolmens to some small constructions found in the largest island of the Mediterranean sea. He concludes with a fascinating theory open to new discoveries.
The style of the book is concise, lively and it appeals to a broad audience of students, scholars, and enthusiasts. E.B.
