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Figure 13.1 Map of Corsica with principal sites discussed in this Chapter.

of major rivers, which were to enable connection to the interior of the island, from that

of Stabiacco in the Gulf of Porto-Vecchio, through the Solenzara, located slightly farther

north, and the Tavignano, in communication with Aleria, up to the mouth of the Golo,

the largest river of the island, just south of Bastia. The crossing of the Tyrrhenian should

take advantage of the natural bridge formed from the archipelago of Tuscany, which is at

least under the control of the emerging city of Populonia (Bartoloni 1991) since the late

Bronze Age and the only Etruscan town built on the sea and overlooking the island of

Elba, which is reached in a few hours by boat from Poggio del Telegrafo, along with the

nearby site of Poggio del Castello, the location of the historic city.

THE CONTACTS OF CORSICA WITH THE PENINSULA

AND WITH SARDINIA DURING THE BRONZE AGE

At the beginning of the Bronze Age, material culture, whether in the production of vases
or bronze-working, already presents interesting analogies with that of the peninsular
facies of Lavagnone-Polada and the Sardinian Bonnanaro (Camps 1979; Lanfranchi 1992;
Lanfranchi Weiss 1997; Lanfranchi 2006; Melis 2007); however, it is in the following
period that the relationship between island civilization and the surrounding areas seems
to consolidate within a framework of shared cultural experiences.

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