Museo archeologico preistorico di Ustica
Civic museum with Bronze Age finds from the Villaggio dei Faraglioni, named after Father Carmelo Seminara da Ganci.
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About the museum
The Museo civico archeologico di Ustica is named after Father Carmelo Seminara da Ganci, the first discoverer and champion of archaeology on the island. It documents the most ancient history of Ustica through the finds from the Villaggio dei Faraglioni, a prehistoric Bronze Age settlement that was abandoned suddenly in the 12th century BC, probably because of natural disasters.
The display presents a significant selection of materials from the Middle Bronze Age (1400–1200 BC), from the investigations carried out by the heritage authority (Soprintendenza) of Palermo between 1974 and 2003. These include domestic utensils for storing, preparing, cooking and eating food, evidence of metalworking, obsidian tools, and ornaments and objects in stone, bronze and terracotta.
Highlights
- Finds from the Villaggio dei Faraglioni (Middle Bronze Age, 1400–1200 BC)
- Domestic utensils and obsidian tools
- Evidence of metalworking
Permanent exhibition
- Reperti del Villaggio dei Faraglioni – Materials from the Middle Bronze Age (1400–1200 BC), excavated between 1974 and 2003.
- Operated by
- Comune di Ustica
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