Rondineto

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Field name
Site: Prestino [from first object]
Coordinates: 45° 48' 10.86" N, 9° 3' 34.56" E [from first object]
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Commentary

The site was discovered in late 1875 by Giovanni Antonio Galli in the course of agricultural work on his farm Rondineto, on the south-eastern flank of Monte Croce, in Breccia. It was subsequently excavated and published in installments by Vincenzo Barelli with drawings of finds by Alfonso Garovaglio (original publications: Barelli 1877 & Garovaglio 1877, Barelli 1877b, Barelli 1878 & Garovaglio 1878, Barelli 1878b, Barelli 1879 & Garovaglio 1879, some graffiti also in Garovaglio 1883; reviews: Luraschi et al. 1969: 218–236, Luraschi et al. 1973: 147–179). The finds include buildings cut into the rock, dry-wall structures, canals, wells, tombs, and numerous stone and metal objects and ceramic fragments. The site forms part of the proto-urban conglomerate of Golaseccan Como, and is one of the settlement areas which appears to have been continuously settled into the La Tène period (De Marinis 1986c: 34).

Corinna Salomon