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August 25, 2021The fifth excavation campaign in the archaeological site of Palù di Livenza, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is ending. A campaign that has brought to light the remains of stilt villages built one on top of the other at a distance of centuries, with the oldest dating back to 4300 BC.
Several useful traces have been found to reconstruct the life of the Neolithic ancestors: the charred remains of a warehouse in which cereals and fruit were stored, fragments of carpenter and farmer's tools, beams and supports belonging to the stilts and above all the almost intact handle of a ceremonial ax.
"The Friuli Venezia Giulia Region has always strongly believed in the cultural and historical potential of the territory which, however, must be supported with targeted resources and policies, so that on the one hand it is possible to enhance the individual sites, and on the other to attract visitors and enthusiasts to contribute to economic development ", commented the regional councilor for culture, Tiziana Gibelli, illustrating the outcome of the campaign.
The excavations were completed with regional funds for the minor Unesco sites of Friuli Venezia Giulia. The funds had been granted to the Municipality of Caneva, which assigned them to the archaeological work with the direction of the Superintendence of Archeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Friuli Venezia Giulia and the support and collaboration of the volunteers of the Archaeological Group of Polcenigo.