December
27
/ 2023
A pair of researchers report they have identified an ancient celestial map carved on a circular stone at an Italian Bronze Age hillfort. But having taken several leaps of faith, and lacking a probability study, is their claim perhaps a side result of “the selection effect”? Relic From a Really Ancient Hillfort Rupinpiccolo, is a village in the Italian province of Trieste, in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Overlooking this settlement, Rupinpiccolo Castle is a fortified hillfort dating back to the Middle Bronze Age (1800 to 1650 BC). Archaeology shows the hilltop was occupied continually until the Iron Age, and that the defensive site functioned until the 5th century AD, at which time it was abandoned. The Italian National Institute
