Gibil Gabib

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Gibil Gabib
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Location	Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy
Coordinates	37°27′10.21″N 14°4′41.71″E / 37.4528361°N 14.0782528°E / 37.4528361; 14.0782528
Periods	Bronze Age, 7th-6th centuries
Cultures	Castelluccio culture, Sicels, later with Greek influence
Site notes
Excavation dates	middle of the 19th century, 1950s and 1980s
Archaeologists	Dinu Adameșteanu

Gibil Gabib (also referred to as Gibil Habib) is an archaeological site located about 5 km south of Caltanissetta, on a 615-metre-high (2,018 ft) mountain on the island of Sicily.

Excavations were first undertaken in the area in the middle of the 19th century and were reprised with great enthusiasm in the 1950s by the archaeologist Dinu Adameșteanu. They came to an end in 1984. In those undertaken in the middle of the 20th century, remains dating to the 6th century BC were brought to light, including parts of the city walls and some ceramic objects of the Bronze Age Castelluccio culture, while the 1980s excavations revealed a defensive tower from the middle of the 6th century BC. These discoveries were of great significance, because they helped to clarify the course of the city wall discovered almost thirty years earlier.

Objects discovered in the excavations include vases, objects for everyday use, plates and lamps, as well as a terracotta statue of a female divinity and the terracotta head, which demonstrate the existence of various spaces dedicated to religious cult. At the base of the mountain there is a necropolis, where Siceliote red-figure pottery was found.

The key characteristics of the site are:

Traces of settlement in the prehistoric period
Traces of indigenous settlement in the 7th century BC. Subsequently, these inhabited areas show Greek influence and in the next century, a fortification system was built which enclosed a sacred building from the early 6th century BC.
Two necropoleis located at the base of the mountain, where Siceliote red-figure pottery was found.
Objects for everyday use found in the inhabited area, and evidence for the existence of a religious cult indicated by a statue of a female deity.

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Images of objects from Gibil Gabib:

Red-figure krater
Pyxis
Black-figure lekythos

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"Area archeologica Gibil Gabib". www.regione.sicilia.it. Assessorato dei Beni culturali e dell' Identita' siciliana..

Bibliography

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N. G. Brancato, Recenti rinvenimenti di insediamenti umani dal IV millennio a. C. all'epoca romana nel centro-Sicilia, pp. 32–41

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Province of Caltanissetta	Gela Bosco Littorio Greek baths of Gela Gibil Gabib Monte Bubbonia Polizzello archaeological site Sabucina Vassallaggi
Province of Catania	Aetna (city) Katáne Palike Sant'Ippolito (Caltagirone)
Province of Enna	Centuripe Morgantina Villa Romana del Casale
Province of Messina	Abacaenum Halaesa Naxos Ancient theatre of Taormina Tindari Villa Romana di Patti
Province of Palermo	Entella Grotta dell'Addaura Hippana Ietas Himera Pirama Soluntum
Province of Ragusa	Akrillai Hybla Heraea Kamarina Kaukana
Province of Syracuse	Akrai Santoni Casmenae Cava del Rivettazzo Colonne di San Basilio Helorus Netum Megara Hyblaea Syrakousai Roman amphitheatre of Syracuse Altar of Hieron Ear of Dionysius Galermi Aqueduct Greek Theatre of Syracuse Grotta del Ninfeo Temple of Athena Temple of Apollo Necropolis of Cassibile Necropolis of Pantalica Thapsos Villa Romana del Tellaro
Province of Trapani	Eryx/Erice Drepanum Halyciae Grotta del Genovese Monte Polizzo Motya Segesta Selinunte Temple C Temple E Temple F Cave di Cusa Roman furnaces in Alcamo

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