Timpone della Motta

The Timpone della Motta is a hill 2 km to the southwest of Francavilla Marittima in Calabria, Italy that was inhabited since the Middle Bronze Age [1]. In the Iron Age the hill was the site of an Oenotrian settlement [1]. The Oenotrians were influenced by the culture of the Greek colonists from nearby Sybaris, who eventually took over the site in the second half of the seventh century and transformed it into their acropolis and an important sanctuary [1]. The oldest remains belong to a Middle Bronze Age dwelling which stood on the later site of Temple V on the acropolis [1]. Thousands of hydriskai were found on the acropolis [1].