The
Dwelling of Briccola/Novelli
In 1959 the excavation on a terrace behind the ‘boatyard’ revealed
structures with stone footings.
Successive finds suggested the extension upstream of the settlement, that,
placed on terraces going down towards the river, occupied completely the
area between the port of Briccola, the zone behind the modern cemetery
and the slopes that rise up to merge with the settlement nuclei on the
hills of Mirabella
In the lower parts, and also close to Cascina Novelli, (the true river
ports), the finds range from the IX to the beginning of the VI centuries
B.C., while in the higher zones towards the cemetery, probably due to
the loss of the more recent material, pottery datable to the V century
B.C. is found.
