PREHISTORIC AND INDIGENOUS POTTERY
The most conspicuous core of the archaeological collection consists of ceramics of the ‘Naro – Partanna’ style, named after the two towns in western Sicily that have yielded numerous grave goods with ceramics of this type datable to the Early Bronze Age (21st – 18th century BC). The indigenous vessels with incised, impressed and painted decoration probably come from the Elymian and Sicanian centres in western Sicily. Large vessels with painted decoration in linear and geometric motifs, such as amphorae, ollae and dolii, constitute the most common indigenous production of the 6th century BC and document the process of assimilation of Greek models that would be consolidated in the following centuries.
The core of the archaeological collection includes ceramics of the ‘Naro – Partanna’ style, named after two towns in western Sicily that yielded numerous grave goods dating to the Early Bronze Age (21st – 18th century BC). Indigenous vessels with engraved, impressed, and painted decorations probably originate from Elymian and Sicanian settlements in western Sicily. Large containers with painted linear and geometric motifs, such as amphorae, ollae, and dolii, are typical of 6th-century BC indigenous production and document the assimilation of Greek models in the following centuries.
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Indigenous basin, decorated with triangles and small concentric circles, slip, 7th-6th century BC.