La sequenza cronostratigrafica delle fasi di occupazione dell’insediamento protostorico di Roca (Melendugno, Lecce). Relazione preliminare della campagna di scavo 2005 - Saggio X

The archaeological research (excavation 2005) in the area near the inside front of the protohistoric fortification walls showed a very important stratigraphical sequence constituted by five building events. Many archaeological finds were found on the floors of the huts and in their nearest external areas: they were local hand-made pottery, Aegean imports, faunal and botanical remains, metal and lithic tools, cooking stands and hard animal tissues. The pottery’s typological and cultural analysis along with the calibrate radiometric datings allow to describe five different phases from the Middle Bronze Age 3 to the Final Bronze Age 2 and to define a primarily chronological-cultural sequence of the site.