Gibil Gabib Archaeological Area in Caltanissetta
The archaeological area of Gibil Gabib of Caltanissetta, also known as Gibil-Gàbel, which from the Arab ǧabal Ḥabīb 'mount of Habib', is an archaeological site located 5 km south of the town, on a hill overlooking the river valley Salso.
The site is dated to the 7th century BC. Towards the middle of the 6th century BC. the town comes into contact with the Greeks of Akragas, and is therefore Hellenized and subsequently transformed into a military outpost. A fortification dates back to this period, which also included a sacred building from the early sixth century.
At the foot of the hill there were two necropolises from which the red-figure pottery from Sicily come from, showing traces of settlements dating back to prehistoric times and traces of indigenous settlements dating back to the 7th century BC. Objects of daily use have been found coming from the inhabited settlements, and evidence of the existence of a cult represented by a statue of a female divinity. The finds of this site are kept in the Archaeological Museum of Caltanissetta.
