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ware inside them Orsi concluded that the necropolis represented a stage of transition from the first to the second period, which he called "Siculi". However, the grave goods in tomb 10 belonged to the third period. Thus he was able to conclude that
Rivettazzo was inhabited by a small group of people,
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was visited for several centuries before the second millennium BC, and that a permanent community was established somewhere in the vicinity in the following period. According to Orsi, the settlement consisted of two groups, not far from one another, one beyond the peak of the
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711:Morgantina
448:La Sicilia
151:Pantalican
143:Paolo Orsi
139:Bronze Age
95:Paolo Orsi
78:Site notes
62:Bronze Age
48:necropolis
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175:Pantalica
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68:Cultures
38:Solarino
34:Location
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957:Thapsos
885:Helorus
863:Santoni
840:Kaukana
787:Hippana
777:Entella
754:Tindari
739:Halaesa
556:Akragas
200:Gallery
171:Ortygia
127:Sortino
121:on the
58:Periods
53:History
40:, Italy
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797:Himera
683:Palike
678:Katáne
535:Sicily
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890:Netum
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115:Sicel
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618:Gela
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